spoon
date: label: date made
content: paris
label: date made
content: ca 1852
notes: label: Description
content: Table spoon, silver-plated brass. Egg-shaped bowl with straight transition and fiddle-shaped handle, Transition and handle have a low-relief ridged outline. Scratched overall, tip of bowl is worn. Silver plate is heavily worn, especially on underside of bowl.
label: Description
content: Top of handle is engraved in cursive: “NA”
label: Description
content: Underside of shank is stamped and illegible mark, followed by: “50”; within a diamond; “CHRISTOFLE”
label: Description
content: Maker is Christofle & Company, Paris, France, circa 1830-present.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0531.220
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.220
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spoon, Table
label: Object Name
content: spoon
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Spoon, Table; Tableware
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver-plated (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 8 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 3.81 cm x 20.955 cm x 4.445 cm