Tablespoon
Dateca. 1760-1780
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall Length: 8 1/4"; Width of Bowl: 1 5/8"; Depth of Bowl: 1/2"
Credit LineGift of Kay Justice Ridinger in memory and honor of Charles W. Ridinger III
Object number2021-113
DescriptionTablespoon with a rounded, upturned, and thickened handle tip which meets the oval bowl with a round drop and an eleven-lobed shell.Label TextThe attribution to an unknown Philadelphia maker is based on the appearance of the eleven-lobed shell on the back of this spoon, a decorative motif popular with silversmiths working in that city at the time.Inscription(s)Engraved either "EFC," "TC," or perhaps "EH" in script cypher on the back of the handle tip.
1779
ca. 1750-1780
