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Teaspoon

Dateca. 1745-1765

Maker Nicholas Roosevelt (1715 - 1769)

OriginAmerica, New York, New York City

MediumSilver

DimensionsLength: 4 1/8”; Width of bowl: 3/4"; Depth of bowl: 3/32"

Credit LineGift of Kay Justice Ridinger in memory and honor of Charles W. Ridinger III

Object number2021-80

DescriptionSilver teaspoon with an upturned Hanoverian pattern handle with long midrib, and oval bowl with long rattail on the back.
Label TextNicholas Roosevelt was born into a prominent Dutch New York family that spawned two Presidents of the United States who would carry the name. In his teenage years, Nicholas was apprenticed to silversmith Cornelius Wynkoop, from who he would obtain his freedom on March 20, 1738. For the next thirty years he would ply his trade as one of New York City's leading metalworkers, producing quality silver and gold hollowware. Early in the French & Indian War Roosevelt was hired to engrave tracking numbers on the muskets and bayonets newly purchased by the City of New York for its defense.
MarkingsMarked “N•RV” in relief within an oval (R and V are in monogram) on the back of the stem.