Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1947.007.21.2
- Creator:
- Homes, William Jr.
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- circa 1798
- Description:
- Tablespoon. Made by William Homes (1742-1825), Boston, Massachusetts; c. 1798. Silver. Tapered, downturned handle with a rounded end; short (3/16") rib on reverse. Egg-shaped bowl with long rounded, tapered drop. "S" engraved in feathered script on handle face. Stamped mark on reverse of handle: "WH" in upper-case roman letters, in a rectangle. Paper label with donor's name on reverse. One of a set of four (1947.7.21.1-.4).
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.8 L-8.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Jonathan Stone (1765-1816) and his wife Elizabeth Pickering Stone (1775-1834). Elizabeth Stone was the sister of donor's great-grandmother, Abigail Pickering Packer.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Bertha Vaughan
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