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Souvenir Spoon

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1900-1940

GUSN

GUSN-17010

Description

Each is cast with a crown and shield shaped terminus with a Medici coat-of-arms; this is on a flowering vine patterned shaft and an egg-shaped bowl.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spoons
souvenirs
silver (metal)
plate (material)
coats of arms
Silver
Coat-of-Arms
SPOON

Inscription

Impressed on the back of the bowl is: ITALY.

Associated Building

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

People and Organizations

Medici

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Italy

Dimensions

6.875 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.783.2

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