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Divided Basting Spoon
Strainer Spoon
Divided Basting Spoon
Marked by: John Stoyte (free 1789)
Irish (Dublin)
1787
Object Place: Europe, Dublin, Ireland
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
W. 5 cm x L. 30.7 cm (1 15/16 x 12 1/16 in.);
Weight: 119 gm (3 oz 16 dwt)
Weight: 119 gm (3 oz 16 dwt)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Gardiner M. Lane
Accession Number47.206
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe oval bowl has a vertically pierced divider inserted along the long axis. The plain stem has a pointed terminus.
Marks
On back of handle, maker's mark JS (Bennett, p.170, no. 303); Hibernia; harp crowned; date letter P
InscriptionsARMORIALS: engraved on end of handle, an unidentified crest: (a right hand open).
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Gardiner M. Lane to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 13, 1947)