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Teaspoon (one of a pair)
Zachariah Brigden (American, 1734–1787)
1760
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
3.2 x 14.5 cm (1 1/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
A gift from the collection of Dr. Arthur DuBois Brundidge, Walden N.Y., and Northport, N.Y.
Accession Number1981.428
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver flatware
DescriptionPair of spoons having round, upturned handle with mid-rib on front, and elliptical bowls having a drop with finely modeled twelve-lobed shell pattern on back. Some nicks to edge of bowls.
Marks
Each spoon is stamped "Z. Brigden" in italics within a shaped cartouche on back of stem.
InscriptionsNone.
ProvenancePurchased by Dr. Arthur DuBois Brundidge, a silver collector of Walden, later Northport, New York; died Albuquerque, New Mexico about 1981. To his sisters, Mrs. Pauline Brundidge Feinberg and Miss Louise Brundidge, the donors.