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Tablespoon

Dateca. 1760-1780

OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (possibly)

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.
InscribedEngraved either "EFC," "TC," or perhaps "EH" in script cypher on the back of the handle tip.