Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1977.029.038
- Creator:
- Simes, William Cadogan (1773 - 1824)
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1815-1820
- Description:
- Tablespoon. Silver. Fin-and-fiddle form. Straight-sided fiddle handle, with round end. Square fins, with chamfered fronts. Egg-shaped bowl, with wriggle-work V-drop, about 1/2" long. Engraved in script with flourishes, "W", on front of handle. Stamped on back of stem: "[W.S]IMES", in upper-case roman letters, within a rectangle with concave right end.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.562 L-9.125 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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