Gilt Demitasse Spoon, Part of Set of Ten
date: label: Date
content: 1880
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pointed oval bowl, matte gilded obverse and reverse. In bowl, bright-cut engraving ornament of vaguely Japanese inspiration, an articulated chevron. Stem of square section, twisted. Finial of flattened spherical turned but-ton with central bead. Stem and finial of plain silver. Pointed oval bowl. Matte gilded obverse and reverse. In bowl, bright-cut engraving of vaguely Japanese inspiration of an articulated chevron patternStem of square section, twisted to form spiral. Finial of flattened spher-ical turned button with central bead. Stem and finial of plain silver.
place: label: Place
content: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dona Guimaraes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1986-113-7
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: spoon
label: Type
content: spoon
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver, gold
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 11.7 x 2.5 cm (4 5/8 x 1 in.)