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SALT SPOON, ONE OF SEVEN

Creator(s): Gorham Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

Salt spoon has a wide bowl. Handle is decorated with stamped rosettes, scrolls and leaves along the edge and whrer the handle meets the bowl. Similar scrolls and a few rosettes also decorate the back. Possible a wedding presetn from her marriage to Edward Close. Initial on handle, C for Close.

Object name:
SALT SPOON, ONE OF SEVEN
Made from:
Silver
Made in:
USA
Date made:
1905
Size:
9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
12.597.3
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
MARK Sterling, lion facing right, anchor, G for Gorham
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973