Souvenir spoon
late 19th century
Medium
Silver, parcel gilt
Dimensions
Length: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver
Culture
French, Paris
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sir William H. Redding, in memory of his wife, 1902
Accession Number
02.30.20
About the Artist
Louis-Oscar Roty|Charles Christofle · 1846–1911
Louis-Oscar Roty, commonly known as Oscar Roty (1846–1911), was born on June 11 in Paris's Belleville neighborhood, the son of a modest schoolmaster. He began his artistic training under Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran at the Petite École (later the École des Arts Décoratifs), honing his drawing skills, before entering the École des Beaux-Arts in 1864. There, he studied sculpture and medal engraving u...