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

Cheese Server

Maker Benjamin Clare
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1700
MediumSilver | Wood
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
InscribedMarked on shaft.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number78.397
On View
Not on view
DescriptionCheese scoop; plain spade-shaped bowl and tapered shaft with two bandings. Black wood handle.

Published ReferencesArthur G. Grimwade, LONDON GOLDSMITHS, (London, 1976), p. 36, #357 for maker's mark.
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