coffee spoon with "bright cut" decoration, Hester Bateman

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Hester Bateman, coffee spoon with "bright cut" decoration
Hester Bateman, coffee spoon with "bright cut" decoration
Hester Bateman
coffee spoon with "bright cut" decoration
circa 1790
Hester Bateman, artist
1708–1794
coffee spoon with "bright cut" decoration, circa 1790
Where object was made: London, England, United Kingdom
Material/technique: sterling silver
Dimensions:
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 12.8 x 2.5 cm
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 1 x 5 1/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Kathleen McBride Hall
Accession number: 2005.0162
Not on display
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Exhibition Label:
"Recent Acquisitions," Mar-2006, Emily Stamey
Bright cut refers to a type of engraved decoration created with short, deeply-angled cuts in the silver that produce highly reflective lines.

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Recent Acquisitions
2006