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Nut service spoon

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1900 --1910

GUSN

GUSN-19647

Description

Nut service spoon. Hammered sterling silver plate w/ pierced bowl in quatrefoil and diamond patterns. Tip of handle cut in similar quatrefoil design.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spoons
plating (metal coating)
silver (metal)
Silver
Plated
SPOON, SERVING

Inscription

Engraved on handle tip: ""T"" Engraved on handle back: ""S [?] S SHREVE & CO. STERLING""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Shreve & Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

San Francisco, CA, USA

Dimensions

5 x 2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.599

Reference Notes

Rainwater, Dorothy T., Author. American Silver Manufacturers. EVERYBODYS PRESS, 1966.

Places

California (United States)

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