Collection Highlights
Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coffee spoons (4)
Object Number:
1932.118a-d
Date:
1793/94
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 5 1/8 x 1 x 5/8 in. ( 13 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handles: "EP" in script
stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "GS/ WF" in a rectangle, lion passant, "S" in a rectangle, king's bust in an oval
Description:
Four silver coffee spoons with downturned handles with short splayed midribs on the undersides and the engraved initials, "EP" in script on the fronts; pointed oval bowls with tipped drops; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Gallery Label:
These coffee spoons belonged to Edward Plummer, a Quaker elder and a relation of the donor's family.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. George Edward Cornell
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
