Spoon
Maker M.S.
(English, 17th century)
about 1680–1700
Object PlaceEngland, provincial
Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver
Dimensions4.44 x 19.05 cm (1 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by a friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture and the Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund
Accession number1984.213
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver flatware
InscriptionsIntials "M E" faintly pricked on back of handle.ProvenanceThe Second Congregational Church in Marblehead, Massachusetts (later called the Unitarian Universalist Church in Marblehead); purchased by the MFA from the church in 1984.
Maker I.C.
Maker W in rectangle, lion, leopard's head, man's head
Early 19th century
