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St. Thomas or St. Matthew

ca. 1661

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

With a long slender handle, terminating in a slightly oval bowl, the handle terminal with a cast figure of an apostle apparently holding a carpenter's square, generally associated with St. Thomas, although earlier representations of St. Matthew also showed him with such a square . Initials "A.D.H." engraved on handle, near spoon.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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