1940.15: Rat-Tail Tablespoon
Tools and Equipment
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1940.15
- People
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Samuel Edwards, American (Boston, MA 1705 - 1762 Boston, MA)
- Title
- Rat-Tail Tablespoon
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Work Type
- spoon
- Date
- 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/230622
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- 21 x 4.4 cm (8 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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inscription: Engraved: A [asterisk] B
A-N [crossbar of A is shaped like a small V]
Mark on narrow part of handle: S [dot] E with crown above, fleur-de-lis below, in shield shape.
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inscription: Engraved: A [asterisk] B
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Elizabeth G. and Margaret Norton.
Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1940.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Misses Elizabeth G. and Margaret Norton
- Accession Year
- 1940
- Object Number
- 1940.15
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Front surface very plain; rat-tail where handle meets bowl.
Verification Level
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