Dessert Spoon, Croyden Pattern
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Silver-plate
DATES
patented July 14, 1883
DIMENSIONS
8 7/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (21.4 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm)
MARKINGS
Impressed underside on bowl: [patent mark]; on shaft: "PAIRPOINT MFG. CO"; on handle: "4"
ACCESSION NUMBER
2009.12.10
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Robert Tuggle
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Long, slight upward curving, rectangular handle, tapering at lower third to a shorter end at join of shaft; short, narrow shaft ending with a long ovid bowl. Impressed decoration at top third of handle of narrow pointed leaves on a stippled background, plain reserve; lower third of handle impressed design against a stippled background of two flowers with one narrow leaf and two large broad leaves extending into reserve. At top and bottom of shaft, inverted triangle design,
Condition: signs of normal wear and tarnish.
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