Pair of tablespoons Maker: Gideon Casey (American, 1726–1786)

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ca. 1755–65

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

7 9/16 in. (19.2 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1936.13a-b

Geography

Made in Little Rest, Rhode Island

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Flatware

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Francis P. Garvan, New York, to 1936; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 1, p. 294, no. 487
  • Rhode Island Tercentenary Exhibition, exh. cat. (Providence: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 1936), no. 41, 42
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

tablespoons

Marks

"G. CASEY" in rectangle on back of handle

Inscriptions

On back of handle: R W

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