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Spoon with Twisted Stem Spoon
This is a spoon. It was made by Erik Barck. It is dated ca. 1715 and we acquired it in 1903. Its medium is silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
text from "Historical Overview" in Feeding Desire exhibition catalogue:
" As with Scandinavia (figs. 64,65) and the Low Countires, the prevalence of spoons among the extant flatware from eighteenth century Russia implies that fork usage probably only made major strides with teh arrival of Catherine the Great, a German princess who came to the throne in 1762 and set out to make St. Petersburg an enlightened Western capital."
This object was
donated by
Samuel P. Avery.
It is credited Gift of Samuel P. Avery.
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 13.5 × 5.2 × 2.6 cm (5 5/16 in. × 2 1/16 in. × 1 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped twice: maker's signature
It is inscribed
On reverse: engraved: "B.I.D" within curved foliate terminated band
Cite this object as
Spoon with Twisted Stem Spoon; Made by Erik Barck (1697 – 1718); Sweden; silver; L x W x D: 13.5 × 5.2 × 2.6 cm (5 5/16 in. × 2 1/16 in. × 1 in.); Gift of Samuel P. Avery; 1903-1-36
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
