Dessert spoon

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

VC.75.11 a

Name/Title

Dessert spoon

Entry/Object ID

VC.75.11 a-l

Description

Set of twelve small dessert spoons with pointed oval bowl, joined by a flat tab to a stem that widens into a turned-back spatulate handle with rounded end.

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Shepherd & Boyd

Date made

1810 - 1820

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

"AS" engraved in script. Mark: SHEPHERD & BOYD in serrated rectangle on reverse of handle.

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

VC.75.11 A-L

VC.75.11

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Length

7-1/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)

Material

silver

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Some bent or dented.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Anne Stevenson Van Cortlandt

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

of twelve

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 14B

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial