Tablespoon
Tools and EquipmentAmerican18th century

Tablespoon

c. 1790

Artists

Joseph LoringArtist

Description

Coffin-handled, line drawn on bowl imitating attached handle. One of seven spoons once the property of Benjamin Wadsworth, A.B. 1690, the ninth president of Harvard, 1725-1736/37.

Classification
Tools and Equipment
Medium
Silver
Culture
American
Century
18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of American Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

24.5 x 5.1 cm (9 5/8 x 2 in.)

Provenance

Mrs. Marjorie Gene Harkness. Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1937.

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