Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1986.108.41
- Creator:
- Gray, Robert (1792-1860)
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- circa 1848
- Description:
- Tablespoon. Made by Robert Gray (1792-1860), Portsmouth, NH; c. 1848. Silver. Double-swell fiddle handle, with upturned rounded end and (7/8"-long) mid-rib on front; rounded fins; egg-shaped bowl. "S. E. Wells.", engraved in script on front of handle. Maker's mark stamped on back of stem/fins, "ROBT. GRAY." in upper case letter stamped in rectangle with rounded corners, and "COIN" in upper case letters stamped in rectangle with canted corners, on reverse of handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.812 L-8.187 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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