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Spoon, Tablewear Series
- Maker: Boris Bally
- Medium: Silver, ebony
- Place Made: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Dates: Designed and made 1987
- Dimensions: Overall: 7/8 x 1 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (2.2 x 3.5 x 18.7 cm) Handle width: 3/8 in. (1 cm)
- Markings: Incised on right side of collar: ".925 © BALLY 1987"
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 1995.16.18
- Credit Line: Gift of the artist
- Image: Group, 1995.16.15-.18.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Geometric, silver tea- or dessertspoon with flat, rectangular ebony handle. Bowl of spoon is an inverted, wide, shallow cone; bowl floats above handle and is angled slightly upward, attached to collar by a narrow rectangular bridge that extends straight out from collar then angles up to meet underside of bowl. Rectangular collar attached to handle with a rivet; bottom edge of collar angles downward from left to right. CONDITION: Good; a few light scratches on inside and underside of head of spoon, silver tarnished.
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Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum