Teaspoon

Object Name:

Teaspoon

Object ID:

1956.021 b

Creator:

Tisdale, Benjamin H.

Place of Origin:

Newport, RI

Date:

circa 1820

Description:

Teaspoon, one of a set of seven (1956.21 a-g). Silver. Fin-and-fiddle form. Taper-sided fiddle handle with down-turned round end. Flared rounded fins which are asymetrical. Egg shaped bowl. Engraved on front of handle in highly ornamented script, "[S]MG". Stamped on back of handle in upper case Roman letters, "B.H.TISDALE", within a serrated rectangle.

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

W-1.125 L-6.125 inches

Provenance:

Silver teaspoon set given as a bequest of N.H. Governor Huntley N. Spaulding (1869-1955). In his will he identifies this set of silver as received from his late-wife, Harriet Mason Spaulding, of Kansas. The spoons may be from Mrs. Spaulding's family, but has not yet been identified as such. The spoons are stamped with the mark of Newport, Rhode Island silversmith, Benjamin H. Tisdale (working dates 1812-c.1870).

Credit Line:

Bequest of Huntley N. Spaulding

People:

Tisdale, Benjamin H. (1791-1881), Spaulding, Harriet M. (1876-before 1955), Spaulding, Huntley N. (1869-1955)