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Spoon Tray

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1875-1900

GUSN

GUSN-12083

Description

Tray is oblong in form. Uneven gadrooning molding. Reticulated interlaced pattern, on straight sides. Four ball feet. It has a removable mahogany bottom based with green baize.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spoon trays
baize
gadrooning
mahogany (wood)
reticulation
sterling silver
wool (textile)
silver (metal)
Sterling Silver
Wool
Mahogany
Gadrooned
Reticulated
Baize
TRAY

Inscription

Engraved in script on one side of the tray on a plain tablet is an: M . An impressed mark reads: ""Sterling"", ""1199"", ""L"" .

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Additional Identification Number

1971.1439A,B

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6.688 x 3 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1439AB

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