Collection Highlights
"In relation to Foreign Nations." Draft of Federalist #64
Date:
ca. 1788
Object Number:
MSS.JohnJayPapers.1
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Tablespoon
Object Number:
1941.946c
Date:
1840 - 1850
Medium:
Silver plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. ( 21.3 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "J" in an oval, "D" in a chamfered square, "&" in a chamfered square, and "S" in a chamfered square
Description:
silver plated tablespoon with a downturned fiddle handle with a splayed midrib on the underside; squared shoulders and an elliptical bowl; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton de Groot
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
