This large spoon has a very streamlined design with no ornamentation aside from the silver mark beneath the handle.

Weight (lbs): 0.25
Height (In.): 11.5
Width (In.): 2
Depth (In.): 0.5
Size: 11.5 x 2.0 x 0.5"
Maker: Bateman
Material: Silver
Date: 1818 C.
Provenance:
Condition: The Bateman spoon is largely untarnished with no noticed damage or blemishes.
History: In the mid 1700s, Hester Bateman inherited her husband's silversmithing profession after his death from Tuberculosis. She was an uneducated woman in a time when women had a terrible lot to begin with and still she carried her husband's craftsmanship well after his death, making a name for her entire family line with the quality of her smithing.
Condition: The Bateman spoon is largely untarnished with no noticed damage or blemishes. History: In the mid 1700s, Hester Bateman inherited her husband's silversmithing profession after his death from Tuberculosis. She was an uneducated woman in a time when women had a terrible lot to begin with and still she carried her husband's craftsmanship well after his death, making a name for her entire family line with the quality of her smithing.