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Teaspoon

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1820-1840

GUSN

GUSN-17024

Description

Each has a shaped modified fiddle-back handle with a "dog nose" rib at the upturned end. It has an egg-shaped bowl and rounded spurs at the base of the handle shaft.

Details

Descriptive Terms

teaspoons
coin silver
silver (metal)
Silver
TEASPOON

Inscription

Stamped on the handle stem back is: Towle & Jones/Newburyport. Engraved on the front is an: L.

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Towle & Jones (Maker)

Location of Origin

Newburyport, MA, USA

Dimensions

6 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.785.12

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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