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Apostle spoon (one of a set of thirteen)

Gorham Manufacturing Company (active 1865–1961)
about 1974
Object Place: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions 16.51 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Gorham Company
Accession Number1974.201
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSilver flatware

DescriptionThis spoon has an ovoid bowl, cast handle of intertwined vines, and a cast apostle, Peter, at handle end.
This and the other twelve spoons in the set (1974.201-212) are modern reproductions made by Gorham from molds of spoons they first issued in the late nineteenth century, probably the 1880s.
ProvenanceAbout 1974, made by Gorham Company; April 10, 1974 gift of Gorham company to MFA.