| Accession # | 1990.143.4 |
|---|---|
| Maker | Holmes & Tuttle Manufacturing Company |
| Title | Teaspoon, "Gladstone Pattern" |
| Date | ca. 1890 |
| Medium | Silver-plate |
| Dimensions | 6 x 1 x 11/16 in. (15.2 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm) |
| Marks | stamped on back: "H. & T.M'F'G CO AL" |
| Inscriptions | no inscriptions |
| Signed | Unsigned |
| Credit Line | Gift of Joseph V. Garry |
| Location | Visible Storage: Case 45, Drawer E |
| Description | Spoon; Silver-plate orange spoon with elongated bowl with notches at shoulders and rounded pointed tip. Narrow handle flares from mid-point to round shoulders and gently curved crest. Lower half of handle with series of diagonal U-shapes undecorated alternating with U-shapes with irregular striations. Above mid-point tripartite leaf motif rises into scrolling leafy vine filling entire end of handle against a stippled ground. Reverse undecorated. Gladstone pattern. CONDITION - Good; scratches in bowl due to normal wear; plate loss to heel of bowl; underside of bowl pitted; plate loss below crest on reverse. |
