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Table Spoon

Teunis Denise Dubois

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Table Spoon by Teunis Denise Dubois. A silver spoon with a rounded bowl, smooth neck and decorative handle. The bowl has several dark spots. A design on the handle, which tapers to a rounded end, features an oval shape outlined with curved lines and filled with a sunburst design made of diagonal and straight lines. The handle's design starts near the bowl and stops before the end. The spoon sits on a grey background with scratches and small marks.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1797
Medium:
Silver
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 426 px
Museum record:
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