Spoon (one of a pair)

William P. Bolles (active in 1910–1916)

1915

Object Place for LabelRoxbury, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/TechniqueSilver

DimensionsL. 7 1/2 in.; w. (bowl) 1 7/16 in.; wt of one spoon is 41.3 grams; the other is 41.8 grams; the latter spoon has the insect mark close to edge of handle.

Credit LineGift of Alexander Yale Goriansky

Accession number2001.191.2

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ClassificationsSilver flatware

Collections

Americas

InscriptionsEach spoon engraved "B/M*B" in roman letters on handle tip; on back of handle tip is the script engraving "June 12 / 1915"ProvenanceThe donor purchased the spoons from F. B. Hubley, Cambridge, Massachusetts, auctioneers, December 1, 1999, lot 116. The donor believes that the spoons came from the estate of Wilbur Joseph Bender (1903-?), former dean of Harvard College and later instructor at Phillips Andover Academy.
CopyrightGift of Alexander Yale Goriansky