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Maker:
Handicraft Guild of Minneapolis  Search this
Physical Description:
copper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 1 in x 8 5/8 in x 3 in; 2.54 cm x 21.9075 cm x 7.62 cm
Object Name:
Spoon
spoon, nut
Place made:
United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis
Date made:
ca 1910
Description:
Arts and Crafts style spoon made from a single piece of sheet copper with shallow, circular, raised bowl and wide, flared handle ending in a square-cornered terminal pierced with a rectangular design of a stylized floral or leafy sprig. Plain edges. Back of handle struck with monogram of the Handicraft Guild of Minnesota.
Maker is the Handicraft Guild of Minneapolis, MN; in operation, 1904-1918 (founded in 1904; incorporated in 1905). Pierced design by Ernest Batchelder (1875-1957), who taught at the Guild, 1904-1909.
Location:
Currently not on view
ID Number:
1988.0253.1
Accession number:
1988.0253
Catalog number:
1988.0253.1
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Domestic Furnishings
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-2de5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_324304