Teaspoon from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1973
name: label: Manufactured by
content: International Silver, American, 1898 - 1983
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: An International Silver teaspoon spoon from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The silver-plated spoon is from International Silver’s 1847 Rogers Bros. line, Eternally Yours pattern. The neck of the spoon is narrow and tapers outwards towards the end of the handle. The handle has raised edges. The design on the tip of the handle is pieced at the center. On either side of the piercing are two stylized cornucopias that terminate in two five petal flowers on either side of a four leaf clover. Molded text on the back of the hand reads [1847 ROGERS BROS], [I S] and [Eternally Yours].
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.59.6
objectType: label: Type
content: teaspoons
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver on metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 13/16 × 6 3/16 × 1 1/4 in. (2 × 15.7 × 3.2 cm)