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This spoon has a downturned scroll-end handle, rolled in upon itself, and a ridged rattail.
Inscription
None.
Marks
“STERLING” stamped and “Stone,” incised with profile of incuse chasing hammer across St, struck on back of handle.
Provenance
Arthur and Elizabeth Bent Stone estate to their companion Annie E. Priest; by descent to Alma Bent, Stone’s cousin, from whom the Museum purchased the piece.
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
about 1901
- Arthur Stone, American, born in England, 1847–1938
Object Place
Gardner, Massachusetts, United States
Dimensions
2.3 x 17 cm (7/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Accession Number
1978.257
Medium or Technique
Silver