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Maker(s):Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Culture:American (w. 1760-1770)
Title:tablespoon
Date Made:circa 1765
Type:Food Service
Materials:silver
Place Made:United States; New York; New York City (probably) or Albany
Measurements:overall: 8 1/4 in.; 20.955 cm
Accession Number:  HD 1998.7.45
Credit Line:Gift of Carl R. Kossack
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
One of two silver tablespoons (see HD 1998.7.46) with an elliptical bowl and deep slashed rounded drop; thick hemispherical shaft tapered to an upturned rounded-end handle; and short midrib on front of handle, which is marked "NV" in a rectangle twice for Nicholas Van Rensselaer, and engraved with the initials "T*Y" on the back of the handle.

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