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Maker(s):Gardner, John
Culture:American (1734-1776)
Title:tablespoon
Date Made:ca. 1770
Type:Food Service
Materials:silver
Place Made:United States; Connecticut; New London
Measurements:overall: 8 5/16 in; 21.1 cm
Accession Number:  HD 66.220
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Silver tablespoon with a pointed handle and pointed bowl with a rounded drop, which is marked: "J GARDNER" in a rectangle for John Gardner (Gardiner) (1734-1776), and engraved with the initials "NAD" in script on the front of the handle. After apprenticing with his uncle, silversmith Pygan Adams (1712-1776) in New London, Gardner continued to work there until the Revolutionary War when he was reported missing at the Battle of Long Island on Aug. 27, 1776.

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