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Teaspoon

Object Name:
Teaspoon
Object ID:
1969.005.098.1
Creator:
Baldwin, Jabez C.
Place of Origin:
Boston, MA/Salem, MA
Date:
1810-1813
Description:
Silver Teaspoon, one of a set of four (1969.5.98.1-.4). Teaspoon with handle having downturned spatulate face, rounded end and flat shank with angular shoulders above ovoid bowl. Script initials "HC" engraved on handle face. Impressed mark on reverse of handle: "J. Baldwin", upper case letters in rectangle. Tag with accession information attached to handle by string.
Material:
Metal
Silver
Dimensions:
W-1.25 L-6 inches
Provenance:
The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-c.1925) and Susan Dadmun (1844-c.1934) Collection is a bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1969). Mrs. Doble's bequest includes: "my collection of early American sterling silver spoons." Other items in the collection include: New Hampshire and other silver, wallpaper samples, fans, personal items, and birchbark pictures made by E. H. Merrill.
Credit Line:
Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections, Bequest of Helen I. Dadmun Doble
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