Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1974.040.08 a
- Creator:
- Baldwin, Jedidiah (1768-1849)
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Hanover, NH
- Date:
- circa 1805
- Description:
- Teaspoon. Attributed to Jedidiah Baldwin (1768-1849), Hanover, NH, c. 1805; Silver. Coffin-end handle with slightly downturned face, flat end and canted corners; tapers to egg-shaped bowl; roulette engraved simulation of pointed drop. "BP" engraved in block letters on handle face within engraved oval. Asymmetrical, trailing design on handle with interwoven roulette-engraved lines. "I.B." stamped in rectangle, pellet between, on back of handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1 L-5 inches
- Provenance:
- One of a collection of spoons, each with family histories through either the Page family of Haverhill, New Hampshire or the Poor family of Orford, from both of whom the donor is descended.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mildred Weeks Page
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