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Teaspoon

Title:
Lear Family Spoons
Object Name:
Teaspoon
Creator:
Samuel Drowne II
Date:
1780-1790
Material:
Silver
Description:
5 1/4� long. Silver teaspoon (4), egg shaped bowl, oval handle, short back midrib. Handle engraved with unicorn (shield of Tobias Lear) with bright decorated oval border. Back of spoon decorated with double drop and scalloped shell.
Provenance:
Tobias Lear
Place of Origin:
Portsmouth, NH
Item Number:
1990.88
Accession Number:
1990.88
Type of Material:
Objects
Copyright Statement:
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Credit Line:
See file for donor information.
Participating Organization:
Strawbery Banke Museum
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