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.1976.750.44

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

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
art, design and fashion, art of living

Credit

Acquired with the aid of the Art Fund