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Porringer spoon

(American, 1747–1791)
about 1770
Object PlaceSalem, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions15.4 cm (6 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Leavitt Pickman
Accession number31.238
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver flatware
Collections
ProvenanceProbably Sarah Orne, m. Clark Gayton Pickman (1746-1781); descended in the family to Sally Pickman (1859-1913), m. Theodore F. Dwight; their son Lawrence Dwight (1896-1918), cousin of the donor.
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