Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1947.007.29.3
- Creator:
- Davis & Brown
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1808-1816
- Description:
- Teaspoon. Made by Davis & Brown, Boston, Massachusetts; 1808-1816. Silver. Tapered fiddle handle; downturned straight end with rounded corners. Squared fins and egg-shaped bowl. Feathered script initials "ES" engraved on front of handle. Impressed mark on reverse of handle: "DAVIS & BROWN", upper case letters in rectangle. Part of a set of seven (two of which have the same engraving, .1, .3).
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.2 L-6 inches
- Provenance:
- The spoons belonged to Elizabeth (Pickering) Stone (1775-1834) of Newington, NH, Kennebunk, ME, and Greenland, NH. Elizabeth (Pickering) Stone was the sister of donor's great-grandmother, Abigail Pickering Packer.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Bertha Vaughan
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