Spoon
Manufacturer
Howard and Company
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1879
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm)
InscribedStamped on back of handle: 35 sterling Howard & Co. & a mark formed of a rectangle, circle & diamond.
Credit LineGift of Admiral W.P. Chilton in Memory of Elizabeth Newcomer Chilton
Object number87.74
Not on view
DescriptionClaret spoon; long twisted handle with small oval spoon at a right angle. Handle backward bent and terminates with broad ajoure Rococo Revival motif of flowers and scroll work.Published ReferencesD.T. Rainwater, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN SILVER MANUFACTURERS (NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1975), p. 74.
18th century