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Maker(s):Hews, Jr., Abraham
Culture:American (1797-1868)
Title:tablespoon
Date Made:1823-1850
Type:Food Service
Materials:silver
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Boston
Measurements:overall: 8 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 21.9 cm x 4.4 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2009.26.11
Credit Line:Museum Collections Fund (from the Viola Wilby estate)
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Silver tablespoon with a pointed oval bowl (slightly dented), pointed shoulders, and downturned fiddle-end handle, which is marked "A. HEWS JR" in a rectangle for Abraham Hews, Jr. (1797-1868), and engraved "ATW" in script on the handle for Abigail Tirrell Wells (1780-1859) who married Walter Wells (1770-1853) in 1807 and lived in Shelburne, Massachusetts. This spoon is part of a collection of silver spoons from the Viola Wilby estate. An attached paper lable reads: "Abigail Tirrell Wells / 1807" and "8" in a circle. Hews worked as a silversmith and jeweler in Boston from 1823 to 1850 under this mark.

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