Mustard Spoon
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
label: year pattern introduced
content: 1880
name: label: maker
content: Whiting Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: "Bead" pattern mustard spoon with small circular bowl and upturned pointed handle with beaded borders terminating in a pendant shell on front. Plain back is struck incuse at bottom of shaft with a winged lion passant facing left holding "W" in an oval, "STERLING" in serif letters, and "PAT.APP\D/.FOR" in sans serif letters.
label: Description
content: Maker is Whiting Manufacturing Company, 1866-1926. Founded in North Attleboro, MA, by William Dean Whiting and partners; relocated to New York, NY from 1876-1904 following fire in Attleboro; also had factory in Bridgeport, CT, 1910-1924. Whiting became part of Gorham's Silversmith's Stock Company in 1905 and was purchased by Gorham in 1924. Gorham moved Whiting's operations to Providence and used the company's trademark until circa 1926. "Bead" pattern introduced in 1880.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, North Attleboro
label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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 The Heirs of William and Dennis Ramsay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.69.0296
label: catalog number
content: 69.0296
label: accession number
content: 220760
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spoon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 4 5/8 in x 7/8 in; 1.905 cm x 11.7475 cm x 2.2225 cm