Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1979.055.17.1.2
- Creator:
- Heaton, David & Company
Jeweler - Place of Origin:
- Providence, RI
- Date:
- 1856-1863
- Description:
- Tablespoon. Made by David Heaton & Co., Providence, RI; 1856-1863. Silver. Upturned double-swell fiddle handle, with mid-rib (5/8") on top; flared, rounded fins; and an egg-shaped bowl. "MCS" engraved in feathered script on front of handle. "DAVID HEATON & CO", in upper-case roman letters, stamped incuse on back of handle. One of a set of six (1979.55.17.1.1-.6).
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.7 L-8.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a set of spoons engraved MCS, and manufactured by David Heaton & Co. of Providence, Rhode Island. Donor, Louise Thomas Blanding (1891-1981), did not provide information as to the family origin of this set, but they likely came from her mother's Rhode Island family.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Louise Thomas Blanding
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