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Prolific Philadelphia silversmith James Watts specialized in flatware. This spoon, with its eccentric profile and intricate engraved ornament, is an example of his finest work. Bright-cut decoration was especially popular in Philadelphia, unlike other cities where customers preferred cast ornament.
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DMA unpublished material
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TMS Updates - Search dates and Updated Geo Xrefs - worked in (James Watts), business location ((Butler McCarty & Company), retailed in, place of origin, manufactured in - JBA (10/26/2017)
I removed a technique ("bright-cut") from the Medium display field in TMS and entered it as a Getty Vocabularies term.
I edited, updated, or entered the Provenance, Exhibition History, Bibliography, and Published References fields in TMS.
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), 328.
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n.d.: Private collection, Pennsylvania [1]
1986-1992: Sylvia and Charles Venable, Dallas Texas, purchased in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania [1]
From 1992: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the above
[1] See TMS Text Entry, which reads "This spoon was purchased in 1986 in Chadds Ford, Pa. It was originally part of a set of four which belonged to a Philadelphia area family."
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General Description
Prolific Philadelphia silversmith James Watts specialized in flatware. This spoon, with its eccentric profile and intricate engraved ornament, is an example of his finest work. Bright-cut decoration was especially popular in Philadelphia, unlike other cities where customers preferred cast ornament.
Adapted from
DMA unpublished material
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Notes
TMS Updates - Search dates and Updated Geo Xrefs - worked in (James Watts), business location ((Butler McCarty & Company), retailed in, place of origin, manufactured in - JBA (10/26/2017)
I removed a technique ("bright-cut") from the Medium display field in TMS and entered it as a Getty Vocabularies term.
I edited, updated, or entered the Provenance, Exhibition History, Bibliography, and Published References fields in TMS.
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), 328.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
n.d.: Private collection, Pennsylvania [1]
1986-1992: Sylvia and Charles Venable, Dallas Texas, purchased in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania [1]
From 1992: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the above
[1] See TMS Text Entry, which reads "This spoon was purchased in 1986 in Chadds Ford, Pa. It was originally part of a set of four which belonged to a Philadelphia area family."
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