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

Teaspoon

Manufacturer Frank Smith Silver Co., Inc.
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1880
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Inscribed"P" engraved on reserve.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number77.492
On View
Not on view
DescriptionTeaspoon with reeded stem with floral design on base of reserve. Monogram outlined with reeding surmounted with two leaves on top. Pattern repeated on back.

Published ReferencesD.T. Rainwater, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN SILVER MANUFACTURERS (NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1975), p. 168.
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