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Maker(s):Smith & Chamberlain
Culture:American
Title:tablespoon
Date Made:1840-1860
Type:Food Service
Materials:silver
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Salem
Measurements:overall: 7 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 in; 17.8 cm x 4.1 cm x 2.5 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2009.26.29
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 "SMITH & CHAMBERLAIN" and "SALEM" and engraved "Remembrance" in script on back of the handle, and with the initials "MCJ"(?) on the front. James Ford Smith (b.1787) and Benjamin Mooers Chamberlain (b.1818) were in partnership in Salem from 1840-1870. This spoon is one of a collection of silver spoons from the Viola Wilby estate.

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