Minneapolis Institute of Art

Marrow spoon

Silversmith: Hester Bateman

Date

1764–66

Medium

Silver

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Marrow spoons were commonly used by European diners in the eighteenth century for the easy removal of marrow from the bone. They were often made of silver, with a long, thin bowl. Many, such as the present, were double-ended. Hester Bateman—the maker of the larger spoon—was the most prolific female silversmith of her age. During her thirty- year career after she took over her late husband’s workshop in 1760, her silver would have been found in nearly every middle-class household in London. United States, Americas

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