Dessert Spoon | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 1910

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

Medium: Sterling silver
Dimensions: 7 1/2 in. (19.05 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Anthony N. B. Garvan
Accession Number: 1996.34.2
Geography: Made in Newark, New Jersey
Culture: American
Period: 20th century
Classification: Flatware
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Provenance

Presumably the spoon, which bears the monogram MBG, was acquired by Mrs. Garvan at the time of her marriage in 1910.

Bibliography

"Acquisitions, January 1996–December 1997," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1997–98), 134

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

dessert spoons, utilitarian objects

Monogram "MBG" (letters superimposed on each other), engraved on front of handle

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