Collection Highlights
American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States
Date:
1880
Object Number:
LIB.Y1808.W
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Teaspoons (11)
Object Number:
1911.60a-k
Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 6 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 15.9 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "MB" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "F * M" in a rectangle, lion passant, "W" an a bust in chamfered rectangles
Description:
Eleven silver teaspoons with downturned fiddle handles with short splayed midribs on the undersides and the engraved initials, "MB" in script on the front; flared shoulders and pointed oval bowls with broad drops on the undersides of the handles; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handles.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta de Peyster
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
