Sugar Shell, 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
5 15/16 x 1 1/4 x 13/16 in. (15.1 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm)
MARKINGS
Impressed underside on shaft: [patent mark], "PAIRPOINT MFG CO"; on handle: "6"
ACCESSION NUMBER
2009.12.11
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Robert Tuggle
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Long, flat, rectangular handle tapering at lower third to a shorter end at join of shaft; short, narrow shaft ending with a shallow, ovid fluted bowl. Impressed, decoration at top third of handle of narrow pointed leaves, on a stippled background, plain reserve; lower third of handle: impressed decoration of flower stem with a large broad leaf and smaller, narrow leaf against a stippled background. At top and bottom of shaft, impressed inverted triangle design.
Condition: light tarnish.
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