Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1952.024.09
- Creator:
- Baldwin, Jedidiah (1768-1849)
Silversmith ; Baldwin, Jabez (1777-1819)Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Hanover, NH/Salem, MA
- Date:
- 1810-1820
- Description:
- Teaspoon. Silver. Fiddle handle with straight sides and downturned coffin end. Egg-shaped bowl. "S.I.C." engraved in feathered script on front of handle. "I.B." stamped in roman upper case letters, in rectangle, on back of handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-0.875 L-4.375 inches
- Provenance:
- Small spoon, possibly for a baby, given with other personal items (including several articles of babies clothing) from the family of the donor, Miss Clara May Gove (1878-1969). This spoon marked S.I.C., for an unknown member of Cochrane family of New Boston, NH. Donor's mother's mother was Susan B. Cochrane (b. c. 1827). Maker's mark is that of one of the brothers, Jedidiah Baldwin (1769-1849) or Jabez Baldwin (1778-1819), Hanover, NH, or Massachusetts.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Clara M. Gove
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