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  • Teaspoon
Date1785
Made inBoston, Massachusetts, United States
MediumSilver
Dimensions5 7/8 × 15/16 × 1/2 in. (14.9 × 2.4 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of William J. Hill
Object numberB.87.8
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenanceWilliam J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston; given to MFAH, 1987.
Published References Kane, Patricia E., ed. Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers: A Biographical Dictionary Based on the Notes of Francis Hill Bigelow and John Marshall Phillips. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1998, p. 216. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved: NF[F superscript]E
Mark of Zachariah Brigden [Belden 1980, p. 75, b]

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