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

Dessert spoon

Manufacturer William Pearce (American, active 19th century)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1830
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
InscribedStamped on the back of handle (almost obliterated) "W. Pearce".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Hofheimer, II
Object number82.116
Not on view
DescriptionBackward bent fiddle handle monogrammed with "WP" conjoined in script. Flaring shoulders and an elliptical bowl.

Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
William Pearce
ca. 1832
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Pearce
ca. 1830
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Pearce
ca. 1830
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Pearce
ca. 1830
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Pearce
ca. 1831
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Pearce
ca. 1831
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Pearce
ca. 1831
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Pearce
ca. 1831
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Pearce
ca. 1831
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Pearce
ca. 1831
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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