Spoon

Theodore B. Starr

ca. 1905 · Silver · The American Wing

In 1877, following his 13-year partnership with the German-born jeweler and silversmith Herman Marcus, Theodore B. Starr (1837–1907) established his own luxury goods store at 206 Fifth Avenue, near Madison Square, in a highly fashionable neighborhood. An article published in the New York Times on December 20, 1890, declared that "Starr’s establishment… has no duplicate in this country, and probably not in the world." Among the wares produced by the firm were silver spoons in historical revival styles. The present examples, with their interlaced Celtic motifs, resemble spoons designed by Archibald Knox for Liberty & Company, London, produced to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII in 1902.

Artist

Theodore B. Starr

Date

ca. 1905

Medium

Silver

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Martin Eidelberg, 2016