Tools and EquipmentBritish17th century

Puritan Spoon

1663-1664

Artists

Jeremy JohnsonArtist

Description

With egg-shaped bowl and flat plain slightly tapering handle

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Medium

Silver

Culture

British

Period

Commonwealth & Protectorate (1649-1660)

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.) 18.6 g

Provenance

Private Collector, London, sold [through Christie's, London, May 10, 1905, lot 95 (described as 1652)]. Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949

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