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Soup Spoon from Rockledge Service Spoon
This is a spoon. It was designed by George Washington Maher and manufactured by Gorham Manufacturing Company and made for (as the client) Ernest L. and Grace King and retailed by Spaulding & Co.. It is dated 1911–12 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
text from "Modern Flatware.." in Feeding Desire exhibition catalogue:
" In 1912, architect George Washington Maher conceived the Rockledge Estate, in Minnesota, an elaborae summer residence in which a system of desin motifs connected the architecture and the landscape with the interior furnishings, from silver ware and tea services to sconces, rugs, and draperies. The architects naturalistic ornament and color palette were inspired by the coral lilies growin wild around the property; a structural language of segmental arches reverberated throughout the buildling, and gave the flatware its distinctive profile. (fig 5).
It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds.
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 14.4 × 4.2 × 2 cm (5 11/16 × 1 5/8 × 13/16 in.)
It has the following markings
On reverse of stem, stamped: [1] Spaulding & Co Chicago On side of neck, stamped: [1] Martele [2] Lion passant (Gorham symbol for sterling) [3] Anchor (Gorham symbol for Providence, Rhode Island) [4] G (Gorham maker's mark) On opposite side of neck, stamped: [1] .9584
It is inscribed
On both reverse and inverse sides of terminal, applied: [1] 'EKG'
Cite this object as
Soup Spoon from Rockledge Service Spoon; Designed by George Washington Maher (American, 1864–1926); Manufactured by Gorham Manufacturing Company (United States); Retailed by Spaulding & Co. (United States); Client: Ernest L. and Grace King; USA; silver; L x W x D: 14.4 × 4.2 × 2 cm (5 11/16 × 1 5/8 × 13/16 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1995-49-11
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
