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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1790-1820

GUSN

GUSN-8370

Description

Oval slightly pointed bowl with long stem and rounded end handle. Edges cast with zig zag patterned motif and a like-patterned teardrop- shaped device at handle end.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tablespoons
casting (process)
pewter (tin alloy)
tin alloy
Pewter
Cast
Tablespoon

Inscription

Impressed on back of handle: E. WHITEHOUSE [in rectangular reserve]

Associated Building

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

Maker

Whitehouse, E. (Maker)

Dimensions

7 7/8 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.595.3

Places

Possibly

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