Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Teaspoon
Object Number:
1950.138
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 15.6 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "BABA" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "Stodder & Frobisher" in a rectangle
Description:
silver teaspoon with a downturned fiddle handle with a short midrib on the underside and the engraved initials, "BABA" in script; squared shoulders and a pointed oval bowl with a broad drop; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Gallery Label:
This teaspoon belonged to Rebecca Austin.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Jane Austin
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
