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Fruit Spoon

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1880-1890

GUSN

GUSN-48621

Description

Silver fruit spoon with a rounded handle and a pointed oval bowl. Shell pattern.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spoons
silver (metal)
Spoon, Eating
Spoon, Fruit
Shell
Sterling Silver
Ambrotype
Lobed
Spoon, Fruit

Associated Building

Used At Rundlet-May House,

Maker

A.F. Towle & Son Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Newburyport, MA, USA, Essex

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1470

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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