Spoon (Cleveland Museum of Art 1940.184)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1685–1700
Cleveland Museum of Art object 1940.184: Spoon, 1685–1700. Jeremiah Dummer (American, 1645–1718). Silver; overall: 17.4 x 4.6 cm (6 7/8 x 1 13/16 in.). Inscribed: engraved in shaded block letters on back of handle end below punched device (sword in a stone?): I+P; in block letters on top of handle end: A.B..
Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- silver
- Dimensions
- Overall: 17.4 x 4.6 cm (6 7/8 x 1 13/16 in.)
- Measurements
- Overall: 17.4 x 4.6 cm (6 7/8 x 1 13/16 in.)
- Material and technique
- silver
Design
- Inscription
- engraved in shaded block letters on back of handle end below punched device (sword in a stone?): I+P; in block letters on top of handle end: A.B.
Identification
- Date recorded
- 1685–1700
- Culture period
- America, Massachusetts, Boston, late 17th Century
- Maker recorded
- Jeremiah Dummer (American, 1645–1718)
- Museum attribution
- Jeremiah Dummer (American, 1645–1718)
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1940.184
- Published references
- Foote, Helen. "A Collection of Early American Silver Gift of Hollis French." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 27, no. 9 (November 1940): 131-142. Mentioned: p. 132; Reproduced: p. 138 Johnston, Phillip M. Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art . Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994. mentioned & reproduced P 45
- Museum classification
- Silver
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm maker, marks and date against silver and metalwork references.