On View
On viewDisplay case
Date1930
Terms
- Showcases
- Glass
- Brass
- Wood
Dimensions14.5 × 29.5 cm (5 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Credit LineTablespoon case, Concord, Ma, 1930. Concord Museum Collection, Gift in memory of Frances Barrett French; S1.1.
Object numberS1.1
DescriptionWood case painted black with glass front for spoon S1. Inside lined with black velvet. Small silver plaque inside reads, "Spoon belonging to the family of / Col. James Barrett / thrown into his wellby / British soldiers in 1775 / Given to the Concord Antiquarian Society / in memory of his grand daughter / Frances Barrett French 1930." Box opens from the back.
Object number: D1710
Object number: PER2194.1.2