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American Silver Tablespoon

Tablespoon with pointed end. Date 1795 appears on the handle with an oval engraved wreath with initial. Samuel Canfield worked 1780-1801 in Middletown, Conn.

Object number: 1976.28.1

Dimensions: 9” long

Gift of C. E. Alexander, II

Date: 1795.



What visitors say

Thank you so much for leading us on a guided tour of the Joel Lane House! I had no idea that the kitchen was separate from the main house, and how different the two are. I had always assumed that the most dangerous job for a slave was in the fields, but your expertise showed me that the kitchen (because of the heat and potential for fire) was actually the most dangerous for a slave woman…

Maggie