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Teaspoons

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1820-1850

GUSN

GUSN-17026

Description

Each has a wavy fiddle handle with an upturned tip, and a tapering stem to the spurs above the ovoid, shallow bowl.

Details

Descriptive Terms

teaspoons
coin silver
silver (metal)
Silver
TEASPOONS

Inscription

The touch mark on the stem back reads: TOWLE & JONES. Engraved on the handle is: LIZZIE.

Associated Building

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

Maker

Towle & Jones (Maker)

Location of Origin

Newburyport, MA, USA

Dimensions

6 x 0.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.786.3

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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