Two spoons
Designer
Charles T. Grosjean
(American, 1841 - 1888)
Manufacturer
Tiffany & Company
(American, founded 1837)
Date1893
MediumGilt and silver
Dimensions.1: 2 1/8 × 1 × 8 1/8 inches (5.41 × 2.54 × 20.65 cm)
.2: 2 1/8 × 1 × 7 15/16 inches (5.41 × 2.54 × 20.16 cm)
.2: 2 1/8 × 1 × 7 15/16 inches (5.41 × 2.54 × 20.16 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Charles T. and Marion Thompson Fund
Object number2019.1.2.1,2
MarkingsMARK OF TIFFANY & CO., engraved with script monogram ECS, marked on reverse of handles, numbered 608 and with 1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition mark
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DescriptionComprising one 'Beggar Dance' spoon with enamel shield and moccasins and one 'Buffalo Dance' spoon, both with gilt bowls decorated on both sides with geometric ornament, the undersides of bowls with cast buffalo head where joins stems, bowls engraved with script monogram "ECS".
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