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Maker(s):Richardson Sr., Joseph
Culture:American (1711-1784)
Title:tablespoon
Date Made:circa 1760
Type:Food Service
Materials:silver
Place Made:United States; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia
Measurements:overall: 8 1/4 in.; 20.955 cm
Accession Number:  HD 1998.7.31
Credit Line:Gift of Carl R. Kossack
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Silver tablespoon with an elliptical bowl and a rounded drop and shell; thick hemispherical shaft tapered to upturned rounded-end handle; and a long midrib on front of handle tip. The spoon is marked "IR" twice on the back of the handle for Joseph Richardson (1711-1784),and engraved with the initials "V / R.R" in block letter and "Rev. Jos. H. O'Neill" in script on the back of the handle (added later), and "1733" and "1890" on the front. Reverend Joseph H. O'Niell was listed as a catholic priest and rector of St. Francis de Sales in Philadelphia in the Public Ledger Almanacs for 1870-73 and 1894.

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