Lot 1287
  • 1287

Two American silver tablespoons, John Edwards and Thomas Clark, Boston, circa 1725 and circa 1760

Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
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Description

  • silver
  • length of longer 8 3/8 in.
  • 21.3 cm
the first with rattail and engraved SS/HM/ P.S./E.C./A.C./NHC/H.M.G.C.; the second shell-back and engraved C/I*M.

Provenance

Edwards spoon:
Sarah Shipman
Hanna Clapp Miller (1681-1758)
Phebe Lyman Strong (1717-1802)
Eleanor Strong Clarke (1747-1824)
Achsah Clarke (1772-1851)
Nancy Hooker Clarke 
Helen MacGregor Clarke
James M. Hansen Antiques, January, 1976

Condition

both bowls with some wear to edges of top, the Edwards one also with some dings and minor denting to bowl, otherwise good condition
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