GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This ice spoon is representative of the high quality of U.S. flatware design after the Civil War. Besides its fine bright-cut, pierced, and applied decoration, it is also well engineered, with holes in the bowl to allow water to drip away before the ice was lifted out of its container.
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), 337.
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TMS Updates - Published References, Bibliography, and Geo Xrefs - place of origin
I removed a technique ("bright-cut") from the Medium display field in TMS and added it as a Getty Vocabularies term.
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I entered 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), 337.
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General Description
This ice spoon is representative of the high quality of U.S. flatware design after the Civil War. Besides its fine bright-cut, pierced, and applied decoration, it is also well engineered, with holes in the bowl to allow water to drip away before the ice was lifted out of its container.
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), 337.
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Notes
TMS Updates - Published References, Bibliography, and Geo Xrefs - place of origin
I removed a technique ("bright-cut") from the Medium display field in TMS and added it as a Getty Vocabularies term.
I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, and Published References in TMS.
I entered 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), 337.
Catalogue essays
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Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
1992.7.6
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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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