Seal-Top Spoon

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1639

Silver

Diameter: 12 in. (30.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Diantha C. and George C. Harrington, Class of 1961

2014.67.2

Geography

Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe

Period

1600-1800

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Food Service

Research Area

Decorative Arts

Not on view

Course History

HIST 9.1, Empires and Colonies in North America, Paul Musselwhite, Fall 2014

HIST 9.01, America: From Invasion to Independence, Paul Musselwhite, Fall 2019

HIST 7.19, Medieval Paris, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2022

HIST 5.14, Americas: Invasion to Independence, Paul Musselwhite and Ernesto Mercadeo-Montero, Fall 2022

History 5.14, Americas: From Invasion to Independence, Ernesto Mercado-Montero and Paul Musselwhite, Fall 2023

Provenance

Frank L. Harrington, Worcester, Massachusetts; to his daughter-in-law, Diantha Harrington, Framingham, Massachusetts, probably in the late 1960s; given by George C. and Diantha Harrington to present collection, 2014 (this provenance is according to Diantha’s recollection, as conveyed in an e-mail from her husband, George C. Harrington to Barbara J. MacAdam Sept. 30, 2014).

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