Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1941.007.23
- Creator:
- Wirgman, John
- Place of Origin:
- London, England
- Date:
- 1745-1746
- Description:
- Tablespoon. Silver. Handle shank is slightly rounded on top, broadening and flattening to upturned rounded end with short rib on front; elliptical bowl with stamped double ring and 11-lobe scallop shell drop on back. Upper case block letters "W / W M", with a dot between the latter two, are engraved on the reverse of the handle in triangular formation. Four impressed hallmarks are on the reverse of the handle shank: a lower case roman letter "k" in a shield-shaped mark (date letter for 1745-46); crowned leopard's head within a shield-shaped mark; lion passant within a roughly rectangular mark; and "J.W" in upper case script within a rounded rectangular mark.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.625 L-8.1 inches
- Provenance:
- From the silver collection of Margaret H. Jewell (1866-1970).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
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