Two dessert spoons
hesterWW-1778-335800
Purchase, Anonymous Gift, by exchange, 1988
Catalogue
- Year
- 1778
- Medium
- Silver gilt
- Dimensions
- Length (.11): 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); Length (.12): 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- hester
Artist
hester
Hester is both a female given name and a surname. As a given name Hester is a variant of Esther. In Ireland, particularly County Mayo, the surname Hester is found as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó hOistir descendant of Oistir, who was likely an early 13th century immigrant from Tuscany.
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- hester
- Year
- 1778
- Medium
- Silver gilt
- Dimensions
- Length (.11): 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); Length (.12): 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1778-335800
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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- Status
- verified