Cheese Scoop
date: label: Date made
content: 1894
label: engraved date
content: 1869
label: engraved date
content: 1894
name: label: maker
content: Frank M. Whiting Co.
notes: label: Description
content: "George III" pattern cheese scoop with long, concave, spade-shaped blade and asymmetrical upturned handle bordered by reverse C scrolls on front and back; the front terminal additionally has a pendant shell and an engraved script "R" in script, while the back terminal is engraved "1869. / (flourish) / 1894." Back of shaft struck with trademark "W" in a circle flanked by three-dash flourishes, "STERLING" in sans serif letters, "GALT & BROTHER", and "PAT.JUNE 9.'91", all in incuse sans serif letters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, North Attleboro
label: place sold
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: place sold
content: United States: District of Columbia
label: place used
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Heirs of William and Dennis Ramsay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.69.0295
label: catalog number
content: 69.0295
label: accession number
content: 220760
objectType: label: Object Name
content: scoop, cheese
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 7 in x 1 in; 1.5875 cm x 17.78 cm x 2.54 cm