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Spoon rest

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-191620

Description

Leaf shaped spoon rest, earthenware with iridescent gray glaze. Nannie Phillips butterfly mark scratched on bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spoon holders
cookware
earthenware
Rest, Spoon

Inscription

Butterfly mark (Butterfly with small head with one antennae, diamond shaped wings, fish shaped body)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Phillips, Nannie Jencks (Borden), 1877-1963 (Maker)

Dimensions

1/4 x 4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1771

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