Dessert Spoon Maker: J. H. Morse (American, active ca. 1820–30)

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ca. 1820–30

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

other: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)

Credit Line

Henry H. Strong Bequest

Accession Number

1930.500.5

Geography

Made in Boston, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Flatware

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Provenance
By bequest in 1930 to 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. 223, no. 315
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

dessert spoons, utilitarian objects

Marks

"J•MORSE" in serrated rectangle on back of handle

Inscriptions

"CWF," engraved, on front of handle

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