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Maker(s):Boelen II, Jacob
Culture:American (1733-1786)
Title:tablespoon
Date Made:ca. 1755
Type:Food Service
Materials:silver
Place Made:United States; New York; New York City
Measurements:overall: 7 7/8 in; 20 cm
Accession Number:  HD 1998.7.2
Credit Line:Gift of Carl R. Kossack
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Silver tablespoon with an eliptical bowland double molded drop; thick rectangular shaft tapered to upturned rounded-end handle; and long midrib on the front of the handle. The spoon is marked with a reversed barred "IB" in a rounded rectangle for Jacob Boelen II (1733-1786), and engraved with the initials "I:R" in block letters on the back of the handle. Jacob was the son of silversmith Henricus Boelen (1697-1755) and grandson of silversmith, Jacob Boelen (c.1657-1729).

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