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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Commemorative spoon
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Commemorative spoon

Manufacturer Campbell Metcalf Silver Co.
CultureAmerican
Date1899
MediumSterling silver
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/16 x 5 13/16 in. (3 x 14.8 cm)
InscribedMarked with a crown: "C.M./sterling".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number83.82
Not on view
DescriptionCommemorative spoon of George Washington. Design of the capitol in relief in bowl with "CAPITOL, Washington, D.C." Handle has designs of Washington's tomb, an axe, Mt. Vernon, profile, eagle on the front. There is a cannon, monument, cherry tree and episode on reverse.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Campbell Metcalf Silver Co.
ca. 1899
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Unknown
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