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Toothpick holder

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1880-1900

GUSN

GUSN-14528

Description

Cylindrical cup w/ applied decorative band w/ griffin, flowers, cattails, butterfly, and scrolling line; raised on turned pedestal base w/ circular foot.

Details

Descriptive Terms

toothpick holders
silver (metal)
plate (material)
Aesthetic Movement
Eastlake
Silver
Aesthetic
Eastlake
HOLDER, TOOTHPICK

Inscription

Cast on base: ""REED & BARTON/ 230""

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Reed & Barton (Maker)

Location of Origin

Taunton, MA, USA

Dimensions

3.25 x 1.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.485

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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