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Tablespoon

(1690–1773)
about 1715
Object PlaceNewport, Rhode Island, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ellery Stedman
Accession number36.70
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver flatware
Collections
InscriptionsR/BA (for Benjamin and Abigail Russell)
ProvenanceAbout 1715, the original patrons were Benjamin and Abigail (Howland) Russell; to their daughter Hannah, b. 1721 and married to William Ricketson III; descended in the family. 1936, gift of Mrs. Ellery Stedman to the MFA.
Ladle
Isaac Hutton
1790–1815
Spoon
Isaac Reed and Son
about 1830–50
Tea or coffee urn
Anthony Simmons
about 1805
Joseph Anthony, Jr.
1783
Pitcher
Anthony Rasch
about 1815
Samuel Drowne
about 1790
Samuel Drowne
about 1790
mid-19th century
Group shot: 10.88, 13.430, 13.566
1770–80
Spoon
Jacob Hurd
About 1725–30
Tablespoon
Jabez Baldwin
about 1808