Teaspoon

Object Name:

Teaspoon

Object ID:

1947.007.27

Creator:

Simes, William CadoganJeweler

Place of Origin:

Portsmouth, NH

Date:

circa 1800

Description:

Teaspoon. Silver. Tapered handle with downturned, pointed end. Egg-shaped bowl with raised oval drop and scallop-shell bowl decoration on bottom. "L+P" engraved in block letters on front of handle. Worn "W.S." marked stamped in a rectangle on the back of the handle.

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

W-1 L-5.2 inches

Provenance:

"LP" engraved on spoon is Lydia Coleman Pickering (c.1738-1832); Lydia was the great-great-grandmother of Miss Bertha Vaughan (1873-1946).

Credit Line:

Bequest of Bertha Vaughan

People:

Pickering, Lydia (c. 1738-1832), Coleman, Lydia (c. 1738-1832), Simes, William Cadogan (1773-1824), Vaughan, Bertha (1873-1946)