Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Child's fork and spoon
Object Number:
1925.96ab
Date:
ca. 1840 - 1855
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Part (spoon): 6 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. (16.8 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm)
Part (fork): 6 1/4 x 3/4 x 5/8 in. (15.9 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm)
Marks:
engraved: on the handles: "V S O" in script
stamped: on the underside of the spoon bowl: "A. C" in a rectangle
Description:
silver child's fork and spoon with pointed handles, cast in vertical halves, with c-scrolls and trefoil decoration and the engraved initals, "V S O" in script; molded handle sockets fitted with chamfered stems; spoon with squared shoulders and a pointed oval bowl; fork with a pierced bowl and four tines; maker's mark stamped on the underside of the bowl.
Credit Line:
Gift of M. F. Savage
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
