Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.153
- Creator:
- Merriman, Marcus; Bradley, Zebul
- Place of Origin:
- New Haven, CT
- Date:
- 1815-1820
- Description:
- Teaspoon - Silver; egg-shaped bowl with pointed fins, and downturned fiddle handle; "JG" engraved in script on front of handle. Eagle in oval, "M" in squared octagon, and sheaf of wheat hallmark stamped on back. Belonged to Jerusha Gilson (1802-1877) of Bristol, NH.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-0.835 L-6.082 D-1.139 inches Weight-0.609 oz
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
Jerusha Gilson married Jonathan Morse (b. 1793, Hebron, NH) in Dunstable, MA, 1820. She was maternal great-great grandmother of donor. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
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