Adolphe Himmel
Tablespoon

Public Domain

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same image for all spoons in set. Not clear which actual object is pictured.

Maker Adolphe Himmel (American, 1826–1877)American, 1826–1877

CultureAmerican

Titles

Tablespoon

Datec. 1854–1875

Made inNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States

MediumSilver

Dimensions8 9/16 in. (21.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck

Object numberB.88.15.3

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

METALWORK

Description

Related examples: B.88.16.1–.5, B.88.17.1–.3, B.88.18, descended in the same family.

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.

ProvenanceMary Gibbs (Mrs. Jesse H. Jones, 1872–1962); given to her granddaughter Mrs. John A. Beck (Audrey Jones Beck, 1924–2003), Houston; given to MFAH, 1988.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to the Houston Endowment, Inc. for the permanent exhibit on Jesse H. Jones (but never displayed), February 1, 1994–June 24, 2003 (see YL.2003-15 or previous number LN:93.29).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Engraved: MH

Mark of Adolphe Himmel [Mackie, Bacot, and Mackie 1980, p. 126, top mark]

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