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William Hughes (American)
1785–91
Object Place: Baltimore, Maryland
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 3 x 1.9 x 5.1 cm (1 3/16 x 3/4 x 2 in.)
Credit Line
The Estelle S. and Harris A. Solomon Collection—Gift of their daughter Carol Solomon Rothschild
Accession Number2004.644
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver flatware
DescriptionOval bowls, hollow on inside with shoulder, flaring, champhered handles with a shoulder to a wider top. Decorated with sheaf of wheat on outside of bowls, cut-card engraving on handles, with more abstracted sheafs of wheat, curved octagon at top of handle with initials engraved: "SAS (?)". Two identical marks on inside of each handle: "W (dot) H" in square.
Marks
Two identical marks on inside of each handle: "W (dot) H" in square.
InscriptionsCurved octagon at top of handle with initials engraved: "SAS (?)".
ProvenanceSpoon collection of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Rothschild, Fayetteville, NY