Teaspoon

ca. 1820

Place madeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America

Silver

Overall: 6 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 15.6 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm )

Gift of Miss Jane Austin

1950.138

This teaspoon belonged to Rebecca Austin.

Descriptionsilver teaspoon with a downturned fiddle handle with a short midrib on the underside and the engraved initials, "BABA" in script; squared shoulders and a pointed oval bowl with a broad drop; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the handle.

Markingsengraved: on the handle: "BABA" in script stamped: on the underside of the handle: "Stodder & Frobisher" in a rectangle

ClassificationsSILVER