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Salt spoon (one of a pair)
Samuel Drowne (1749–1815)
about 1790
Object Place: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
10.16 cm (4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. M. A. Elton
Accession Number88.295
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver flatware
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 481
DescriptionSalt spoon with shell-form fluted bowl, rounded hande with tip bent back, and tapering shaft.
Marks
"S [pellet] D" within a rectangle on back of each spoon.
InscriptionsEngraved "OAW" in sprigged script on tip of each spoon.
ProvenanceOliver Whipple, m. Abigail Gardner, November 15, 1774; their daughter Hannah, m. Frederick Allen; their daughter Margaret, the donor.