A SET OF TWELVE SILVER SPOONS

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A SET OF TWELVE SILVER SPOONS
MAKER'S MARK OF ARTHUR J. STONE, GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1909-1915

The terminals chased with various floral motifs, including Indian Pipe, Mistletoe, Harebell, Violet, Wild Rose, Snowdrop, Poppy, and Tulip, marked on reverses--5in. long
(5oz.) (11)

Lot Essay

Stone's drawings for these spoon handles, identifying the various flowers, are in the Arthur J. Stone Associates Records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution (illustrated in Elenita C. Chickering, Arthur J. Stone, Designer and Silversmith, 1994, fig. 35. Fourteen spoons to this design are illustrated on the cover; see cat. no. 59.)