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Puritan spoon
Jeremiah Dummer (American, 1645–1718)
about 1670
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
13.18 cm (5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number39.553
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver flatware
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972 No. 7
DescriptionPorringer size. Flat handle, rectangluar in section with broad straight tip, tapers to V-shaped drop on back of elliptical bowl.
Marks
ID with fleur-de-lis below in heart-shaped punch in bowl
Inscriptions"IH" on back of handle
ProvenancePurchased from Mrs. Ann R. Woodall, whose father had found the spoon in the foundations of a building when and where the Salem Post Office was built in the late nineteenth century. Purchased April 1939 for $250.