26.12.47

Set, Berry Spoon

1750 Approximate

Berry Spoons. (a, b) Material: metal. Size: 1 3/4" x 8". Description: sterling silver berried Georgian spoon, ornate hammered design in the slightly gilded spoon bowl, scalloped bowl edges, handle lifts slightly at end and has floral and fern designs; hallmarked on reverse.

Ruth Stewart was the estate executor for Dorothy Moriarty who died in March of 2012. Note with spoons: "Geo. II about 1752". Dorothy Moriarty was the niece to Frank and Barbara Goodspeed of Waseca.