Collection Highlights
Journael Gehouden opt’ schip den gulden Bever en tschip den gulden Otter van de Manathans naer Patria Ende Wedrom naer de Manathans (Journal kept aboard the Ship the Golden Beaver and the Ship the Golden Otter from the Manhattans to Patria and the return)
Date:
October 1660- June 1663
Object Number:
MSS.Ships.Journals.1600
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Teaspoons (3)
Object Number:
INV.14179-14181
Date:
1826 - 1828
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 6 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in. ( 15.2 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "B" in foliate script
stamped: on the undersides of the stems: "PB&C" in a rectangle
Description:
Three silver teaspoons with downturned double-swell fiddle handles with shell, scroll, and foliate decoration around the engraved initial, "B" in script; flared shoulders and pointed oval bowls with shell decoration; makers' marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Gallery Label:
These spoons were made by the partnership of D.C. Cooke, John Bennett, and Maltby Pelletreau. A pair of sugar tongs by the same firm is at the Winterthur Museum.
Credit Line:
Gift of Townsend Lawrence
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
