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Tea spoon

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1847-1853

GUSN

GUSN-19193

Description

Teaspoon engraved w/ ornate "S" at top handle. Shell decoration on handle. Handle is smooth and wide at top for thumb supports, thin at bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spoons
silver (metal)
Silver
SPOON, TEA

Inscription

Engraved at top of handle: ""S"" Engraved on back: ""1847 ROGERS BROS. A1""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Rogers Brothers (Maker)

Location of Origin

Hartford, CT, USA

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.958.2

Reference Notes

Rainwater, Dorothy T., Author. American Silver Manufacturers. EVERYBODYS PRESS, 1966.

Places

Connecticut (United States)

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