Spoon

Revere, Paul · 1771-1772

Large French thread serving spoon with rounded oval bowl and upturned rounded handle with very slight shoulders. Back of terminal is engraved with an armorial device for the Madey family, consisting of a nine-pearl coronet above a clipped-corner coat of arms Azure (horizontal lines), with lion hanging over a plank, its tongue out. Back of shaft struck with four hallmarks, a partial outline of what appears to be a four-legged animal walking left, a crowned roman letter "H" (facing towards terminal), a crowned foliate script "A" and maker's mark including the initials "E / B \ P" (both facing towards bowl).