Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1986.108.18
- Creator:
- Clough, Nathaniel (1753-1808)
Goldsmith - Place of Origin:
- Lee, NH
- Date:
- 1790-1808
- Description:
- Tablespoon. Made by Nathaniel Clough (1753-1808), Lee, NH; 1780-1800. Silver. Downturned handle with tapered sides and pointed end. Egg-shaped bowl with engraved wriggle-work V-shaped on reverse. Cross-hatched block, upper-case letters "D / J S E", with 3-mark symbols between the J & S and S & E engraved on front of handle. Chevron shaped bright cut and wriggle work engraved on front of handle. "N·C" with pellet in-between in upper-case Roman letters stamped in rectangle on reverse of handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.687 L-8.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Charles H. Batchelder Collection of New Hampshire silver (formerly Loan 1959.88). Charles H. Batchelder (1876-1948) was a N.H.H.S. trustee, and a silver collector.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, with funds provided by subscription, including a grant from Chubb Life America
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