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Spoon

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1940-1970

GUSN

GUSN-189702

Description

Red lacquer serving spoon with Asian characters on the back of the handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spoons
lacquer (coating)
Spoon

Inscription

Asian characters (The first character is a capital z with a line through the center. The second has a box with two lines underneath it, the bottom one larger than the first. There is a line that goes straight down the center of the box to the last line. There is a horizontal line in the box that crosses the other line. The next character looks like an upside down L with a box in the center. The next character looks similar to the symbol for Pi with a line crossing horizontally in the center.)

Additional Identification Number

15.15

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

2009.10.15.2

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