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Signature Collection: Picnic Flatware Demitasse Spoon

This is a Demitasse spoon. It is dated 1985 and we acquired it in 1986. Its medium is anodized aluminum. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

L x W x D: 10.8 x 2.2 x 0.4 cm (4 1/4 x 7/8 x 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Engraved in script on the handle: "David Tisdale c. 1986"

Cite this object as

Signature Collection: Picnic Flatware Demitasse Spoon; USA; anodized aluminum; L x W x D: 10.8 x 2.2 x 0.4 cm (4 1/4 x 7/8 x 3/16 in.); Museum purchase from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1986-94-10

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.

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