Gorham Manufacturing Company (1865–1961). Olive Spoon, ca. 1884. Silver, gilt, length: 11 3/4 in. (29.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Elsie Rushmore, by exchange and H. Randolph Lever Fund, 1996.33. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1996.33.jpg)
Gorham Manufacturing Company (1865–1961). Olive Spoon, ca. 1884. Silver, gilt, length: 11 3/4 in. (29.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Elsie Rushmore, by exchange and H. Randolph Lever Fund, 1996.33. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 1996.33_1996.82_bw.jpg)
Olive Spoon
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Silver, gilt
DATES
ca. 1884
DIMENSIONS
length: 11 3/4 in. (29.9 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
impressed on back of stem: Lion Passant, Anchor, Gothic Letter G. Sterling 267.
SIGNATURE
not signed
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1996.33
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Elsie Rushmore, by exchange and H. Randolph Lever Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Olive server: Silver with gilding. At one end of server is a pointed oval bowl pierced with leaf vein pattern and engraved with a single serrated leaf. Bowl is joined by leaf stem to a realistically modeled twig stem, which terminates in a point of graduated triangular barbs. Three quarters of the way up the stem a three-dimensional olive and two realistic leaves sprout from the stem. The olive has a matte surface and is engraved with script initials: J.F.T.
CONDITION - Good. Normal wear and rubbing to gilding.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Gorham Manufacturing Company (1865–1961). Olive Spoon, ca. 1884. Silver, gilt, length: 11 3/4 in. (29.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Elsie Rushmore, by exchange and H. Randolph Lever Fund, 1996.33. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1996.33.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.1996.33.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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