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Spoon, Sugar

Object Name:
Spoon, Sugar
Object ID:
1977.029.160
Creator:
Gray, Robert (1792-1860)Silversmith
Place of Origin:
Portsmouth, NH
Date:
1850-1860
Description:
Sugar Spoon. Made by Robert Gray (1792-1860), Portsmouth, NH; 1850-1860. Silver. Oval, tapered handle, with 1/2" mid-rib on front at end of handle with upturned end; fluted, shell-shaped bowl. "Y." engraved in script, on back of handle. "ROBt. GRAY", in upper case Roman letters (small, raised upper case T), stamped in a serrated rectangle on lower end, reverse of handle.
Material:
Metal
Silver
Dimensions:
W-1.375 L-6.625 inches
Provenance:
From the New Hampshire silver collection of Richard F. Upton (1914-1996). Richard F. Upton served as the New Hampshire Historical Society's President, 1976-1980.
Credit Line:
Gift of Richard F. Upton
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