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Maker(s):Chittenden, Ebenezer
Culture:American (1726-1812)
Title:tablespoon
Date Made:ca. 1765
Type:Food Service
Materials:silver
Place Made:United States; Connecticut; East Guilford (Madison) or New Haven
Measurements:overall: 7 7/8 in.; 20.0025 cm
Accession Number:  HD 1998.7.7
Credit Line:Gift of Carl R. Kossack
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Silver tablespoon with an elliptical bowl (tip worn) and deep rounded drop; straight hemispherical shaft to upturned rounded-end handle; and short midrib on the front of the handle. The spoon is marked "EC" in a square twice on the reverse of the shaft for Ebenezer Chittenden (1726-1812), and engraved with the initials "DM" ? in block letters on the back of the handle. .

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