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Folding Spoon From Traveling Cutlery Set Spoon, ca. 1790
This is a spoon. It is dated ca. 1790 and we acquired it in 1985. Its medium is gold, silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
It is credited The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
Its dimensions are
L x W: 19.1 x 3.6 cm (7 1/2 x 1 7/16 in.)
It has the following markings
On front of neck: "CB", Prague c. 1807; see: NOZE, lZICE, VIDLICKY, Prague, p. 78, 80, 143, fig. 141; On back of neck: partly illegible "IF 3". Tardy, SILVER, 1981, p.398; Czechoslovakia, old production under Austro-Hungarian rule, c1795-1807
Cite this object as
Folding Spoon From Traveling Cutlery Set Spoon, ca. 1790; Probably Carlsbad; gold, silver; L x W: 19.1 x 3.6 cm (7 1/2 x 1 7/16 in.); The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg; 1985-103-267
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
