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Spoon, Medical

Object number95.78.104

Designer Mrs. John M. Phillips

Patented by Mrs. John M. Phillips

Manufacturer W.W. Wattles and Sons (founded 1901)

Date1901-1926

MediumSterling silver

Credit LineGift of Byron Forrester Meyer Jr.

DescriptionSterling silver spoon with oval-shaped bowl and curved end.Dimensions0.625 x 1.25 x 6 in. (1.6 x 3.2 x 15.2 cm)
InscriptionsInitials on back of handle: "BM"

MarksEmbossed on back of handle: "pat 1901."
Engraved on back of handle: "W.W. Wattles and Sons."
Historical NotesMedicine spoon designed and patented by Mrs. John M. Phillips of Carrick, PA., Mrs. John M. Phillips gave these spoons as birth gifts. She gave one to Byron & Francis Pierce Meyer on the occassion of the birth of their son, Byron F. Meyer, the donor, in 1926.

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