Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 2018.037.02.5
- Creator:
- Drowne, Samuel (1749-1815)
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- circa 1790
- Description:
- Tablespoon. Made by Samuel Drowne (1749-1815), Portsmouth, NH, c. 1790. Silver. Downturned handle with pointed end and egg-shaped bowl. "WLH" engraved in bright-cut, feathered script on front of handle. Number "5" engraved below initials. "S[x]Drowne" in upper and lower-case Roman italic letters, stamped in rectangle on back of handle. One of a set of six spoons.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.7 L-8.8 inches Weight-2.2 oz
- Provenance:
- From the collection of William Graham of Haverhill, MA, who operated Lynch & Graham Antiques. The set of six tablespoons was loaned for the 1988 exhibition, New Hampshire Clocks, Silver, and Furniture: A Salute to Charles S. Parsons, at the Currier Gallery of Art. They were part of a collection sold by Graham's son at the Leo Legare Auction, Dover, NH, on September 27, 2018, and purchased by William W. Upton.
- Credit Line:
- Richard F. Upton Collection, Gift of William W. Upton
- People:
- Drowne, Samuel (1749-1815)
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