Tablespoons (2)

1825-1850

Place made, probablyNew York City, New York, United States, North America

Silver

Each: 8 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (21.6 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm)

Gift of Alfred M. F. Kiddle

1940.458ab

DescriptionPair of silver tablespoons with downturned fiddle handles engraved, "H J K" in foliate script; flared shoulders and pointed oval bowls; makers' marks stamped on the undeside of the handles.

Markingsengraved: on the handles: "M J K" in foliate script stamped: on the underside of both handles: "G & K" in a rectangle stamped: on the underside of one handle: lion passant, leopards head, date letter capital "C", and male bust, all in champfered rectangular surrounds

ClassificationsSILVER