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Dipper with Handle

Medium: Pewter, wood
Dates: n.d.
Dimensions: 3 1/2 x 8 x 3 3/4 in. (8.9 x 20.3 x 9.5 cm)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 27.635
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Samuel Doughty
Image: Overall, 27.635.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: Pewter dipper with wooden handle. Cylindrical body tapers to flat bottom; long, shaft-like wooden handle projects outward parallel to ground, attached to side of body near top edge with pewter collar. CONDITION: Fair; dipper bent around top edge; allover scratches and pitting; heavy scratches on interior; specks of reddish substance around interior and dark rectangular spot [tape residue?] on interior below handle.

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