Spoon
James Turner, American, active 1744 - 1759
about 1730
Silver
Overall: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Peter T. Brown, Class of 1963 and Michael S. Brown, Class of 1970
M.986.50.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marked on back of stem: I T [pellet between, coney below]; engraved on back of handle tip: WMH [M superscript, four dots in vertical diamond pattern below]
Exhibition History
New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 3-August 20, 1989, no.74.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1989, no.74.
Eleanor H. Gustafson , The Magazine Antiques, "Museum Accessions," p.600.
Provenance
Peter T. Brown '1963 & Michael S. Brown '1970
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