Spoon (one of a pair)
John Coney
(American, 1655 or 1656–1722)
about 1680
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall (length): 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); Weight: 1 oz., 16 1/2 dwt.
Credit LineThe Philip Leffingwell Spalding Collection—Given in his memory by Katharine Ames Spalding and Philip Spalding, Oakes Ames Spalding, and Hobart Ames Spalding
Accession number42.231
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver flatware
Collections
ProvenanceProbably Katherine Brackenburg, m. Samuel Phipps; their daughter Katherine, m. John Blaney, Charlestown; second marriage, 1718, to Benjamin Andrews (d. 1739); third marriage 1743, to Joseph White, her son John Andrews (b. 1719), m. Margaret Davis; their daughter Katherine (b. 1750); descended in the family to Katherine Andrews Pond (b. 1885), from whom the spoons were bought.
