Tablespoon
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Silver-plate
DATES
ca. 1885
DIMENSIONS
8 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/16 in. (21.6 x 4.4 x 3.1 cm)
MARKINGS
Stamped on back: "1834 J RUSSELL & CO (diamond)"
SIGNATURE
Unsigned
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER
88.114
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Lori Zabar
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Tablespoon with plain bowl. Sides of handle flare out gradually to slightly arched end that curves upward. Decoration begins with a small sunflower. Next 3/4 of the handle has a dense scroll and leaf pattern, which is topped by a narrow horizontal band with a key motif. Above this is a trapezoidal section with stamped "hammered" decoration topped by another horizontal band with the same key motif. Above this, fitted into the crest of the handle, is scene with a swan in profile floating on water flanked by two clumps of marsh vegetation and two birds flying above. The reverse has the same scroll and leaf decoration, but only at the center of the back handle; the rest is undecorated. Pattern unknown.
Condition: Very good. Scratching and pitting in bowl.
MUSEUM LOCATION
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