Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1966.598.01
- Place of Origin:
- Europe
- Date:
- circa 1675
- Description:
- Tablespoon. Silver. Broad trifid-end handle, with wide upturned central lobe. Stem is rectangular in cross-section. Elliptical bowl with turned-up end (scoop-shaped) and with V-shaped drop. Engraved on handle front is a small triangle above a floral design with two lozenge shaped drops. Inscription pricked in Roman letters on reverse of handle shank, apparently reading "E R + I M 167" within a serrated mark. The "167" has pricked pellets in between each. Impressed geometric mark (possible crown mark) repeated four times on reverse of stem and once on inner surface of bowl near handle juncture. Note that one of impressed marks follows immediately after pricked figure, "167".
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.9 L-7.625 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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