Ladle
Thomas Stevens Eayres, American, 1760 - 1814
about 1790
Silver
Bowl: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Overall: 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Louise C. and Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924
M.984.14.1
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 reverse of handle: EAYRES [in rectangle]; engraved on handle in dotted medallion with pendant flower, in script: AEP
Exhibition History
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 1985.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 1984.
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. 28.
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. 28.
Kathryn C. Buhler, American Silver: From the Colonial Period Through the Early Republic in the Worcester Art Museum. Worcester, Massachusetts: Worcester Art Museum, 1979. (refs #2, 117-120)
Provenance
Frank L. Harrington, Sr. (1902-1988) and Louise Cronin Harrington (1904-2000), Worcester, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1984.
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