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Identification and Creation

Object Number
74.1936
People
Jacob Hurd, American (Charlestown, MA 1702/3 - 1758 Roxbury, MA)
Title
Spoon
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/232799

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Makers mark, HURD, in Roman letters in cartouche

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth, Cambridge, MA, 1737.
To his grand-nephew, David Wadsworth.
Descended through family to Charles David Wadsworth.
Given to Harvard College, 1935.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Harvard University, Gift of Charles D. Wadsworth
Object Number
74.1936
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
One of seven spoons once the property of Benjamin Wadsworth, A.B. 1690, the ninth president of Harvard, 1725-1736/37.

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