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.