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Tablespoon

Manufacturer Edward Augustus Tyler (American)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1850

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

InscribedStamped on back of handle: "E.A. Tyler, N. Orleans". Engraved on back of handle, conjoined: "MF"

Credit LineBequest of Florence Smith

Object number0.1971.11A

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DescriptionOne of a set of five tablespoons. Thread, fiddle handle with slightly forward bend, long drop and pointed oval bowl.

Published ReferencesLouise C. Belden. _Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection_. Charlottesville: U. Press of VA for the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1980, p. 415 for marks.