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Child's spoon (part of set of Child's bowl, underplate and spoon)
Child's spoon (part of set of Child's bowl, underplate and spoon)

Child's spoon (part of set of Child's bowl, underplate and spoon)

Manufacturer
Date1881
Geographic OriginNew York, New York | United States of America
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: L 7 1/4 in. (L 18.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ulysses Grant Dietz in memory of Ulysses S. Grant III and Edith Root Grant, 1981
Object number81.16
On View
Not on view
Object NameSpoon
Title Details
Label Caption Title Child's spoon (part of set of Child's bowl, underplate and spoon)
Inscriptionsengraved in script on reverse of bowl: "U. S. Grant / from grandmama and grandpapa Grant"ProvenanceGiven by U. S. Grant and Julia Dent Grant to their first grandson, Ulysses S. Grant III (b. 1881); thence to his grandson, Ulysses Grant Dietz (b. 1955), the donorExhibition History"Style and Status in Sterling: American Silver", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (May 2017 - March 14, 2020)

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