Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1946.018.25.4
- Place of Origin:
- England (probably)
- Date:
- circa 1780
- Description:
- Teaspoon. Silver. Oval ended handle with downturned end and mid-rib (3/8") on back. Egg shaped bowl with raised single rounded ended drop. Ribbon-like decoration extends full length of handle front, which is in bright cut, wriggle-work, and engraving. Several engraved designs on front of handle including six pointed foliate (or exaggerated sun) design, above a striped bar, above feathered script letters "BT", above "1780". Engraved on back of handle in feathered script, "EGB / 1893" Stamped on back of stem in upper case Roman letters, "I L", with pellet in between within a rounded rectangle. Also stamped on back of stem is a left facing lion passant within a rectangle with cut corners.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1 L-4.875 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of The Edwin G. Burgum (1858-1948) Collection, donated by collector's son, Edwin Berry Burgum. Spoon engraved "BT" with 1780 (for Benjamin Thompson, 1753-1814, great grandfather of Edwin G. Burgum), and "EGB" with 1893 (either for Emma Gannell Burgum, 1826-1923, or her son, Edwin Gannell Burgum, 1858-1948).
- Credit Line:
- The Edwin G. Burgum Collection
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