Tools and EquipmentAmerican18th-19th century
Teaspoon
18th-19th century
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Description
Scallop shell design at base of handle. One of seven spoons once the property of Benjamin Wadsworth, A.B. 1690, the ninth president of Harvard, 1725-1736/37.
Dimensions
13 x 2.5 cm (5 1/8 x 1 in.)
Provenance
Benjamin Wadsworth; Mrs. Marjorie Gene Harkness; her gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1937.
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