Spoon
date: label: date made
content: 1771-1772
label: date engraved
content: ca 1792
label: associated date
content: ca 1792
name: label: engraver
content: Revere, Paul
notes: label: Description
content: Large French thread serving spoon with rounded oval bowl and upturned rounded handle with very slight shoulders. Back of terminal is engraved with an armorial device for the Madey family, consisting of a nine-pearl coronet above a clipped-corner coat of arms Azure (horizontal lines), with lion hanging over a plank, its tongue out. Back of shaft struck with four hallmarks, a partial outline of what appears to be a four-legged animal walking left, a crowned roman letter "H" (facing towards terminal), a crowned foliate script "A" and maker's mark including the initials "E / B \ P" (both facing towards bowl).
label: Description
content: Maker is Edmé-Pierre Balzac (1705-circa 1786) of Paris, France. Engraved by Paul Revere.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place engraved
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Wrentham
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Anna Cornette Brastow
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2214
label: catalog number
content: 60.2214
label: accession number
content: 131186
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spoon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 16 in x 2 3/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 40.64 cm x 6.985 cm