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Maker(s):Gardner, John (attributed to)
Culture:American (1734-1776)
Title:teaspoon
Date Made:1760-1770
Type:Food Service
Materials:silver
Place Made:Connecticut: New London
Measurements:Overall: 4 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/8 in; 10.3 x 2.1 x 1 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2022.10.4
Credit Line:Gift of Janet Glasgow Mulshine in memory of her great grandmother Lina Gould Cooley
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Silver teaspoon, attributed to John Gardiner (1734-1776), New London, CT, c. 1760-1770. Stamped "IC" and engraved "S*P" for Sarah Porter. Condition: damaged. The spoon was owned by Sarah Porter (1726-1774) of Hadley, MA, who married Samuel Hopkins (1729-1811) of West Springfield, MA, in 1756; their daughter Lucy Hopkins (1768-1813) of Hadley, MA, married Rev William Riddel (1768-1849) of Colrain, MA, in 1797; their daughter Selina Riddel (1807-1837) married Caleb Allen Cooley of South Deerfield, MA (1800-1845).

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