Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1960.006.04.2
- Creator:
- Percival, David C., Jr. & Company
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1864-1869
- Description:
- Silver Tablespoon. "Fiddle" handle having upturned rounded end with short rib on face; rounded shoulders above ovoid bowl. "Black letter" initial "E" engraved on handle face. Impressed marks on reverse of handle: "D.C.Percival.Jr&Co." and "Boston.", in upper- and lower-case roman letters, incuse. The marks appear double struck.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- W-1.6 L-8.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a flatware set including sugar spoon, teaspoons, and tablespoons, all marked "E" (1960.006.01, 04, 06). Note from donor and her sister -- Miss Edith Hersey (b.c.1878) and Miss Mary J. Hersey (1874-1964) -- explains that these spoons belonged to their mother, Ellen J. Rowe Hersey (c.1840-), of Andover, NH. Ellen Hersey's mother was Polly Emery (1809-), from an extensive Emery family of Andover, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Edith S. Hersey
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