Marrow spoon
Dateca. 1718
OriginEngland, London
MediumSilver
DimensionsL: 6"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1971-396
DescriptionMarrow spoon. Plain bowl and gauge.Label TextMarrow spoons with conventional spoon bowls and narrow channeled handles for the removal of marrow from bones first appear about 1690. Early examples, often included in traveling sets, are sometimes engraved and gilded. Late seventeenth-century examples are rarely fully marked. During the first two decades of the eighteenth century, they increase in number and are usually fully marked.Inscription(s)Owner's initials and date ( C O 1718) engraaved on underside of handle.Mark(s)Marks on back of spoon handle. Owner's marks and date, "G O 1718"ProvenanceVendor: Garrard & Co. Ltd., London,
ca. 1770-1800
1860
1604-1605
