Coffee Spoon
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Silver-plate
DATES
first quarter of 20th century
DIMENSIONS
4 3/8 x 1 x 5/8 in. (11.1 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm)
MARKINGS
Molded stamp on underside of handle, narrow part: "N. F. SILVER CO. 1877"
ACCESSION NUMBER
2000.78.1
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Joseph V. Garry
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Coffee spoon, silver-plate. Ovoid bowl of spoon molded with building above which reads "HOTEL ST. GEORGE". Handle trimmed with irregular scroll design along edges on both top and underside; at tip of handle grip, molded decoration of St. George on horseback slaying a dragon above a vertically written inscription "BROOKLYN".
Condition: Good; tarnished.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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