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Maker(s):Staniford, John
Culture:American (1737-1811)
Title:tablespoon
Date Made:ca. 1800
Type:Food Service
Materials:silver
Place Made:United States; Connecticut; Windham
Measurements:overall: 9 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 23.8125 cm x 4.445 cm
Accession Number:  HD 1998.8.1
Credit Line:Museum Collections Fund
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
One of two silver tablespoons with a pointed oval bowl with swag-formed rounded drop, beveled handle, downturned, flat fiddle handle, and rounded shoulders, which is marked "J.S" for John Staniford (1737-1811), and engraved with the initials "RC TO TL [?]" in script engraved on the front of the handle. Historic Deerfield has a set of tools (HD 57.251) belonging to John Staniford, which includes a rare punch mark for making initials on silver and his maker's mark.

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