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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Tablespoon
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Tablespoon

Manufacturer Joseph Draper (American)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1800-1850
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
InscribedStamped on back of handle: J. Draper. Initialed in script on front of handle: "MK" (M. Kerr of Kerr Place, Onancock, VA)
Credit LineGift of Admiral and Mrs. William Pierce Chilton
Object number87.379
On View
Not on view
DescriptionTablespoon with upturned double-swell fiddle hande with short front midrib, chamfered pointed shoulders and oval bowl.

Published ReferencesL.C. Belden, MARKS OF AMERICAN SILVERSMITHS IN THE INESON-BISSELL COLLECTION (Charlottesville, VA: UVA Press for the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthus Museum, 1980) p. 140 for maker.
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