Teaspoon

Title:

Spoon

Object Name:

Teaspoon

Creator:

John Ward Gilman

Date:

1760-1800

Material:

Silver

Dimensions:

H-4.75 L-21 Dia-7 inches

Description:

Small, thin spoon with pointed oval handle. Bright-cut engraved decoration; "HG" on end of handle. Stamped on the back is a maker's mark: "JWG" (The "J" looks like an "I" with a line through it.) On the back where the handle meets the spoon bowl is a shell design.

Provenance:

Provenance unknown.

The spoon is significant to American Independence Musuem because it was made by John Ward Gilman, cousin to John Taylor Gilman, and a fellow Exeter resident during the American Revolution. He designed the state seal that New Hampshire used during the revolution.

John Ward Gilman died in 1823 at age 82. He is buried in Winter Street Cemetery in Exeter.

He married Hannah Emery on December 3, 1767. She was born October 1745 in Nottingham, New Hampshire, and died June 22, 1802. She may have been the original owner of this spoon, since the initials HG are on the handle.

Subjects:

Spoons, Tea, Silos, Silver, Eating drinking

People:

Gilman, John Taylor, Gilman, John Ward

Place of Origin:

Exeter, New Hampshire

Collection Name:

American Independence Museum

Item Number:

2007.016

Accession Number:

2007.016

Type of Material:

Objects

Copyright Statement:

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Credit Line:

American Independence Museum

Participating Organization:

American Independence Museum