Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1977.029.037.1
- Creator:
- Simes, William Cadogan (1773 - 1824)
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1810-1815
- Description:
- Tablespoon, one of a pair. Silver. Fin-and-fiddle form. Coffin-end fiddle handle (short coffin end), with tapered sides, and slightly downturned end. Pointed, small fins. Egg-shaped bowl. Engraved on front of handle, in upper-case feathered script, "LA". Maker's mark stamped on back of handle/stem: "W.SIMES", in upper-case roman letters, within a plain rectangle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.812 L-8.937 inches
- Provenance:
- From the New Hampshire silver collection of Richard F. Upton (1914-1996). Richard Upton served as the New Hampshire Historical Society's President, 1976-1980.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Richard F. Upton
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