Creator(s): Mappin & Webb, Limited (Jeweler)
Currently in storage
About this object
The spoon has a medallion at the tip of the handle. Depicted is the head of a man facing right and labeled "Wilhelm Tell". Below is a leaf motif and then the handle is twisted. In the partially gilt bowl of the spoon is a relief of William Tell walking with his son.
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Sheffield, England
- Date made:
- ca. 1900
- Size:
- 12.3 cm (4 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.463
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK; INSCRIPTION on back: .950 (silver fineness); M&W (maker Mappin & Webb); at end of handle: WILHELM TELL
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973