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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.
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