Teaspoon

Object Name:: Teaspoon
Object ID:: 1956.018 e
Creator:: Wishart, Hugh (1766-1840)Silversmith
Place of Origin:: New York, NY
Date:: circa 1810
Description:: Teaspoon. Made by Hugh Wishart (1766-1840), New York, NY; Owned by John C. Phillips (1779-1818) and Eliza (Gardner) Phillips (1788-1839), Newport, RI; c. 1810. Silver. Tapered fiddle handle with downturned rounded end, mid-rib on the back, flat shank, and an egg-shaped bowl with rounded double drop. "JEP" engraved in entwined, feathered script on front of handle. "H.WISHART", upper case roman letters, stamped in a rectangle and an eagle stamped in an oval, on back of handle. One of a set of eleven.
Material:: Metal
Silver
Dimensions:: W-1.125 L-6.125 inches
Provenance:: Originally owned by John C. Phillips (1779-1818) and Eliza (Gardner) Phillips (1788-1839) of Newport, RI and New York, NY, the great grand uncle and great grand aunt of Harriet M. Spaulding (1876-1954), the wife of Huntley N. Spaulding (1869-1955). Bequest of Huntley N. Spaulding, Governor of New Hampshire, 1927-1929, and President of the New Hampshire Historical Society, 1937-1954.
Credit Line:: Bequest of Huntley N. Spaulding
People:: Phillips, John (1779-1818), Phillips, Eliza (1788-1839), Wishart, Hugh (1766-1840), Spaulding, Harriet M. (1876-before 1955), Spaulding, Huntley N. (1869-1955)