Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1949.024.05
- Creator:
- Beasom & Reed
- Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH
- Date:
- circa 1841
- Description:
- Teaspoon. Sold by Beasom & Reed, Nashua, NH; c. 1841. Silver. Double-swell downturned fiddle handle with rounded end, tapering rounded shoulders, and an oval bowl. "M.E.H." engraved in script on front of handle. "NASHUA." and "BEASOM & REED." in upper case Roman letters, stamped in rectangles on reverse of handle. (1969.005.011.1 is a mate to this spoon)
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1 L-5.4 D-1 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a collection of silver teaspoons, each engraved with the initials of ancestors of the donor, Grace Foster Simons (1875-1949). This spoon belonged to the donor's grandmother, Martha Elizabeth Carter (Gookin) Huntoon (1820-1906) of Salisbury and Andover, New Hampshire. The spoon was sold by Beasom & Reed, Nashua, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Grace Foster Simons
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