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Maker(s):Homes Jr., William
Culture:American (1742-1825)
Title:tablespoon
Date Made:ca. 1772
Type:Food Service
Materials:silver
Place Made:United States, Massachusetts; Boston
Measurements:overall: 8 3/4 in; 22.2 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2000.55.5
Credit Line:Gift in Memory of Sybil Percival Bowen
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Silver teaspoon with a downturned rounded-end handle and elliptical bowl with an incised triangular drop on the back, which is marked "WH" in a rectangle on back of handle for William Homes Jr. (1742-1825) and engraved "MR" in foliate script on the front of the handle for Mercy Daniels Richardson (1755-1854), the wife of Abijah Richardson (1752-1822) of East Medway (now Millis), Massachusetts, who married in 1772.

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