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Tablespoon

Manufacturer Edward Augustus Tyler (American)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1840

MediumCoin silver

DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)

InscribedStamped on back of handle: "E.A. Tyler New Orleans"; engraved on back of handle in conjoined script: "MB"

Credit LineBequest of Florence Smith

Object number0.1971.10A

Not on view

DescriptionOne from a pair of tablespoons. Fiddle handle, slightly forward bend, rounded shoulders, and no drop. Oval pointed 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.