Iced tea spoon
Arthur Stone
(American, born in England, 1847–1938)
about 1901
Object PlaceGardner, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions2.3 x 17 cm (7/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit LineSeth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession number1978.257
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver flatware
Collections
As early as 1915, Stone began exhibiting his silverware at the Little Gallery in New York City. Sometime afterward, the gallery advertised four of Stone’s flatware patterns for sale, including this Georgian design. It was twice as expensive as the others, indicative of the intensive labor required to hand file the scroll handles.
This text has been adapted from "Silver of the Americas, 1600-2000," edited by Jeannine Falino and Gerald W.R. Ward, published in 2008 by the MFA. Complete references can be found in that publication.
ProvenanceArthur and Elizabeth Bent Stone estate to their companion Annie E. Priest; by descent to Alma Bent, Stone’s cousin, from whom the Museum purchased the piece.
