GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The lobster on this pick is symbolic of its use. Both the tines and the concave end of the handle were used to remove meat from a lobster shell.
Adapted from
Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 338.
NOTES
TMS Updates - GeoXrefs - place of origin/manufactured in, and business location for (Frank W. Smith Silver Company) - JBA (10/30/2017)
I removed a technique ("stamped") from the Medium display field in TMS and added it as a Getty Vocabulary term.
I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 338.
I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, and Published References in TMS.
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Until 1993: The V. Stephen Vaughan Collection, Chelsea, Massachusetts
From 1993: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above
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General Description
The lobster on this pick is symbolic of its use. Both the tines and the concave end of the handle were used to remove meat from a lobster shell.
Adapted from
Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 338.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
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Notes
TMS Updates - GeoXrefs - place of origin/manufactured in, and business location for (Frank W. Smith Silver Company) - JBA (10/30/2017)
I removed a technique ("stamped") from the Medium display field in TMS and added it as a Getty Vocabulary term.
I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 338.
I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, and Published References in TMS.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designer
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1993: The V. Stephen Vaughan Collection, Chelsea, Massachusetts
From 1993: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above
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