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Collection Highlights

Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint

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Tablespoons (2)

Object Number: 
INV.14303ab
Artist/Maker:
Benedict & Squire
Date: 
1839-1845
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
each overall: 9 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 22.9 x 4.8 x 2.9 cm )
Marks: 
engraved: on the handles: "WLH" in script stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "BENEDICT & SQUIRE" in rectangles
Description: 
Pair of silver tablespoons with downturned fiddle handles engraved, "WLH" in script; flared shoulders and pointed oval bowls; makers' marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group