Sugar or Ice-Cream Spoon
date: label: date made
content: ca 1871
label: patent date
content: 1871-03-21
name: label: maker
content: Gorham Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
label: place retailed
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: possibly used with
content: Ice Cream
label: possibly used with
content: Sugar
label: Subject
content: Gifts & Presents
label: made around time of
content: Weddings
label: Subject
content: Women
label: Subject
content: Patented
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Alice James Pope
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0334.28B
label: accession number
content: 1977.0334
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0334.28B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spoon
label: Object Type
content: flatware
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.1 cm x 3.5 cm; 5 15/16 in x 1 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 6 1/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.905 cm x 15.5575 cm x 3.4925 cm