Tea spoon (one of a pair)

1830-1850

Maker

Elijah Braman (1810-1850)

Measurements

5-5/8 in x 1-1/4 in x 7/8 in

Materials

Silver

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of Cheri W. Klunk

Accession Number

2020.5

Inscription

"Mailly" is engraved in script on the face of the handle.  "E.Braman." in relief script within a rectangly is stamped into the underside of the handle shaft of each spoon.

Condition Notes

Each spoon exhibits shallow bends in the handle ends as well as dents in the bowls, exspecially on .2.  That spoon also has a small, deep scratch in the handle below the engraving.

Provenance

The spoons were owned in the Mailly family.

Comments

Braman worked Taunton, Massachusetts, in the 1830s and in Warren, Rhode Island, in the 1840s