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1929

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1939

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2005

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2024

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Soup Spoon (USA), ca. 1934

This is a Soup spoon. It was overseen (as design director) by Walter Dorwin Teague. It is dated ca. 1934 and we acquired it in 2005. Its medium is silver-plated metal, glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.

Its dimensions are

L x W x D: 19.6 x 4 x 2.5 cm (7 11/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 in.)

Cite this object as

Soup Spoon (USA), ca. 1934; Design Director: Walter Dorwin Teague (American, 1883–1960); silver-plated metal, glass; L x W x D: 19.6 x 4 x 2.5 cm (7 11/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 in.); Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund; 2005-5-2

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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