Wood & Hughes
Pair of Dessert Spoons

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Maker Wood & HughesAmerican, active 1845–1899

Retailer A. BahnAmerican, c. 1853–c. 1890

CultureAmerican

Titles

Pair of Dessert Spoons

Datec. 1860–1870

Made inNew York , New York, United States

Retailed inAustin, Texas, United States

MediumSilver

DimensionsEach: 7 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (19.3 × 3.8 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by William J. Hill

Object numberB.93.14.1,.2

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

METALWORK

Description

Adolph Bahn was one of the large number of Germans who immigrated to Texas during the mid-nineteenth century. He established a working shop in Austin in 1853; however, as the following group of spoons documents (B.93.14.1, .2, B.93.15.1, .2) he also supplemented his income as a jeweler and retailer.

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.

Provenance[Whirligig Antiques, Austin]; purchased by MFAH, 1993.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Engraved: N.H.S.

Marked incuse: A.BAHN
Mark of Wood & Hughes [Belden, 1980, p. 454, a]

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