- Titles Dairy Spoon (Descriptive)
- Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
- Medium lead-glazed earthenware (creamware)
- Dimensions 1 3/8 × 14 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (3.5 × 36.2 × 8.3 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.4329.2008
- Work Type spoon
- Classification Tools & Equipment
- Signature Unsigned
- Marks None
- Inscription None
- Provenance Manufactured by Wedgwood (est.1759), Etruria factory, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 1780-1790; probably commissioned by Sir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet (1717-1798) for Haldon Dairy, Haldon House, Devon, England. Harry Buten (1904-1971) and Nettie Buten (1902-1998), Merion, Pennsylvania, prior to their deaths [see note 1]; gift to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 2018
1. The spoon became part of the Buten Museum of Wedgwood (operated by Harry and Nettie Buten 1958-1988), Merion, Pennsylvania, and remained there until 1988 when it was placed on long-term loan with Nassau County Museums, Sands Point, Long Island, New York. In 2008, the collection came from Sands Point to the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, as a loan until accessioned in 2018.