Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1908.002.03.1
- Creator:
- Carleton, Phineas (1786-1866)
- Place of Origin:
- Haverhill, MA
- Date:
- circa 1820
- Description:
- Tablespoon. Made by Phineas Carleton (1786-1866), Haverhill, MA; c. 1820. Silver. Tapered fiddle handle with downturned round end and pointed fins; Egg-shaped bowl. Script initials "JS" engraved on front of handle. Partially visible stamped mark on reverse of handle which seems to read "ARLETON" in upper-case roman letters within a plain rectangle. Typed label taped on reverse, "Gift of Mrs. C. A. S. Ransom." Part of label came off.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.75 L-9 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a bequest of Stickney family items from Catharine Ayer Stickney Ransom (1831-1908) of Haverhill, MA. This piece is engraved "JS," which may be for her father, Jeremiah Stickney (1790-1855), direct descendant of Col. Jeremiah Stickney (1702-1763), who moved the family from Bradford, MA, to Rumford (Concord), NH, in 1731.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Catharine Ayer Stickney Ransom
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