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Dipper

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1750-1800

GUSN

GUSN-2334

Description

Dipper with large bowl made from carved out coconut. Long turned Georgian-style handle attached with pewter mount and rivets.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dippers (serving utensils)
cookware
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
Pewter
Coconut
Carved
Turned
Georgian
Wood
Dipper

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

15 x 4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.342

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