Spoon

ca. 1905

Not on view

In 1877, following his 13-year partnership with the German-born jeweler and silversmith Herman Marcus, Theodore B. Starr (1837–1907) established his own luxury goods store at 206 Fifth Avenue, near Madison Square, in a highly fashionable neighborhood. An article published in the New York Times on December 20, 1890, declared that "Starr’s establishment… has no duplicate in this country, and probably not in the world." Among the wares produced by the firm were silver spoons in historical revival styles. The present examples, with their interlaced Celtic motifs, resemble spoons designed by Archibald Knox for Liberty & Company, London, produced to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII in 1902.

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Title: Spoon
Maker: Theodore B. Starr (American, New Rochelle, New York 1837–1907 Ridgefield, Connecticut)
Date: ca. 1905
Geography: Made in New York, New York, United States
Culture: American
Medium: silver
Dimensions: 4 3/4 × 2 in. (12.1 × 5.1 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Martin Eidelberg, 2016
Object Number: 2016.741.7
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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