Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Souvenir spoon
Object Number:
INV.467
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 14 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
in relief: on inside of bowl: "U.S. SUB TREASURY / WALL STREET / NEW YORK"
in relief: on obverse of handle (on base below figure of Washington): "ERECTED BY / VOLUNTARY / SUBSCRIPTION / BY / CHAMBER OF / COMMERCE / STATE OF / NEW YORK / NOV. 26 / 1883"
Description:
Cast silver souvenir spoon with view of the U.S. Sub-Treasury building, Wall Street, New York, on inside of oval bowl; handle finial in the form of a full-length figure of George Washington.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
