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

Ice cream spoon

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureGerman

Dateca. 1890-1900

MediumSilver | Gilt

DimensionsOverall: 5 in. (12.7 cm)

InscribedStamped on back of handles: 800 & crescent moon and crown mark; illegible mark.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number85.134.13

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DescriptionIce cream spoon from ice cream service consisting of one serving spoon and 12 ice cream spoons. Each gilt bowl in the form of a lily pad; stem forming the handle which terminates in a cattail and leaves and two flower buds.

Published ReferencesEmile Beuque, DICTIONNAIRE DES POINCONS (Paris), p. 32, No. 180 [official mark indicating that the silver contains 800 parts silver].