Spoon Holder
date: label: date made
content: ca 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Two-handled, urn-shaped, footed cup engraved on opposite sides of its upper half "WF to JG" in foliate script and "Mrs I G." in shaded gothic letters. Plain, flared upper half has an oval rim with convex sides from which spring two sinuous cusped handles with cast anthemions; lower half has a circular angled shoulder with repeating floral motif and a plain rounded bottom. Wide circular foot on pedestal base is decorated with a bird and insects amidst an array of flowers, all in low relief. Underside of base is struck with three incuse marks, "MIDDLETOWN PLATE C\o. / QUADRUPLE PLATE" encircling cross-topped scales, "102", and "HARD / WHITE / METAL" also arranged in a circle.
label: Description
content: Maker is Middletown Plate Co. of Middletown, CT. Middletown Plate Co. was founded in 1864 and became a subsidiary of International Silver Co. in 1898; International continued to use the Middletown name and mark until at least 1921.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Middletown
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss A. M. Guindon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.393281
label: catalog number
content: 393281
label: accession number
content: 208141
objectType: label: Object Name
content: holder, spoon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, white (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/8 in x 5 5/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 15.5575 cm x 14.2875 cm x 8.5725 cm