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Table Spoon

1780–90
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774
The initials inscribed on this spoon are said to be those of Colonel Israel M. Keith, a major of the Continental Army and aide-de-camp to General William Heath, from the thirteenth of August, 1776, to the twenty-third of May, 1778. General Heath was colonel of a Massachusetts regiment at Lexington and Concord. The spoon was bought by the donor from a grandson of Colonel Keith.

(See 33.120.391–.396 for set.)

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Table Spoon
  • Maker: Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Date: 1780–90
  • Geography: Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Silver
  • Dimensions: L. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Alphonso T. Clearwater, 1933
  • Object Number: 33.120.393
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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