Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1975.069.03 b
- Place of Origin:
- London, England
- Date:
- 1802-1803
- Description:
- Teaspoon. Silver. Relatively flat handle shank broadening and thinning to downturned, rounded end with short (7/16") rib on reverse. Ovoid bowl with rounded drop. Script initial, "M", engraved on handle face. Impressed marks on reverse: "IL" in upper-case roman letters with pellet between, within rectangular mark, together with three hallmarks -- lion passant; upper-case roman "G" (date letter for 1802-3); and king's head in circular mark.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1 L-5.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Descended in the family of seller's husband, Winslow Peirce. Peirce's ancestors were from Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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