Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1986.108.83
- Creator:
- Smiley, David
- Place of Origin:
- Peterborough, NH
- Date:
- 1840-1850
- Description:
- Tablespoon, silver. Fin and fiddle form. Double swell fiddle handle with upturned, round end, and 5/8" mid-rib on front. Flared, rounded fins. Egg shaped bowl. Engraved on back of handle in upper case script letters: "E.R.W". Stamped on back of fins/stem in upper case roman letters: "D.SMILEY." within a plain rectangle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.687 L-8.625 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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