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This and 59 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Dessert Service And Case (France).

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Dessert Spoon with Toad Spoon, ca. 1890

This is a spoon. It was manufactured by C. V. Gibert. It is dated ca. 1890 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds.

  • Spoon (USA)
  • silver.
  • Gift of Thomas S. Tibbs.
  • 1959-181-1
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Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.

  • Cake Knife Knife
  • silver.
  • Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
  • 2011-7-1
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Its dimensions are

L x W x D: 19.4 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm (7 5/8 × 1 1/2 × 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

On interior of bowl, stamped: [1] C.V.G. below star inside lozenge (maker's mark for Charles Victor Gilbert) [2] illegible mark (possibly board head mark indicating .800 fineness) On reverse of neck, stamped: [3] 5 [4] illegible mark (possibly board head mark indicating .800 fineness)

Cite this object as

Dessert Spoon with Toad Spoon, ca. 1890; Manufactured by Charles Victor Gibert (French); France; silver; L x W x D: 19.4 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm (7 5/8 × 1 1/2 × 7/8 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds; 1996-56-5

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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