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Maker(s):Hurd, Jacob
Culture:American (1702/3-1758)
Title:tablespoons
Date Made:ca. 1735
Type:Food Service
Materials:silver
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Boston
Measurements:overall: 8 1/4 in; 20.955 cm
Accession Number:  HD 75.475.1/5
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Set of five silver tablespoons marked "IHURD" in a shaped cartouche on each handle for Jacob Hurd (1702/3-1758); engraved with the initials "ES" on the back of the rounded, upturned handle; and with large oval bowls with double drop with bracket on the back. Jacob Hurd has long been recognized as one of the leading New England silversmiths of the mid-18th century. The patriarch of a prominent Boston silversmithing family, he produced a wide range of tablewares in the Queen Anne style.

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