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Maker(s):Libby, Jacob G.L.
Culture:American (1797-1847)
Title:tablespoon
Date Made:1820-1846
Type:Food Service
Materials:silver
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Boston
Measurements:overall: 8 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 21.3 cm x 4.1 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2009.26.31
Credit Line:Museum Collections Fund (from the Viola Wilby estate)
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Silver tablespoon with a pointed oval bowl, rounded shoulders, and upturned double-swell fiddle handle with a short front mid-rib, which is marked "J.G.L. Libby" in a rectangle for Jacob George Lewis Libby (1797-1847) who worked as a silversmith and jeweler in Boston from 1820-1846, and engraved with the initials "MES"(?) on the back of the handle. The spoon was part of a collection of silver spoons from the Viola Wilby estate. See also teaspoons, HD 2009.26.1.-.2.

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