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Spoon (Norway)
This is a spoon. It was made by "PB". It is dated 1804 and we acquired it in 1951. Its medium is silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
text from "Historical Overview" in Feeding Desire exhibition catalogue:
" As with Scandinavia (figs. 64,65) and the Low Countires, the prevalence of spoons among the extant flatware from eighteenth century Russia implies that fork usage probably only made major strides with the arrival of Catherine the Great, a German princess who came to the throne in 1762 and set out to make St. Petersburg an enlightened Western capital."
This object was
donated by
Richard Cranch Greenleaf (American, 1887–1961).
It is credited Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf.
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 14 × 6.1 × 2.2 cm (5 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 7/8 in.)
It has the following markings
On reverse of stem: city mark for Bergen, c. 1800? (a tower above seven dots); Assayer's mark "MP"; zodiac mark indicating July 22-August 21, used between 1766-1820; year mark "04" indicating 1804; maker's mark "PB".
Cite this object as
Spoon (Norway); Made by "PB"; silver; L x W x D: 14 × 6.1 × 2.2 cm (5 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 7/8 in.); Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf; 1951-85-4
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
