Coffee spoon

Description

Silver-gilt coffee spoon with pointed oval bowl with flat stem and rounded upturned end, chased on obverse and reverse, part of a tea service made for the Emperor Napoleon I and his second wife, the Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria: French, Paris, by Pierre-Benoit Lorillon, 1810, purchased by Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1830

Museum reference

A.1976.750.27

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Coffee spoon

Production information

Lorillon, Pierre-Benoît, 1786 - c. 1836 (fl.), Silversmith
Paris, France, Western Europe

Date

1810

Materials

Silver-gilt

Physical description

Silver-gilt

Associations

Previous owner: Napoleon I
Previous owner: Marie-Louise, Archduchess of Austria
Previous owner: Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, 1767 - 1852

Credit

Acquired with the aid of the Art Fund