Aaron Willard Stamped Bradbury Coin Silver Table Spoon

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Large Antique Theophilus Bradbury Tablespoon for Willard, Boston Shown in the pictures is a large (8-1/2 Inches long, 3⁄4 Inch across the bowl) Theophilus Bradbury, Newburyport , MA (b. 1793 âe" d. 1848) table spoon plainly marked, âeoeA. Willard, Boston âe at the handle. As they were relatively contemporaneous, tâe(tm)s a good chance that this spoon was made for Aaron Willard (1757-1848) either as a gift or advertising or marketing tool or for his personal use, that is, his spoon at the table. The stamp looks like the same used on his signed movements so for all I know he may have used the spoon to check out the stamp ?? Another possibility is that the spoon was marked âeoeA. Willardâe to discourage theft by an employee or visitor to the house. It seems to me that at this time when Boston was a much smaller community and everybody in a surrounding small town was on a first name basis that unless you were a smelter or worked with an accomplice skilled in reworking silver the thief might find it hard to dispose of any such plainly marked swag. I also ask myself how many A. Willardâe(tm)s could t have been at the time with such a stamp close at hand. Bradburyâe(tm)s active period -- 1820-1830 -- was contemporary with Aeron Willard so maybe he bought a Willard clock for his home or shop, liked the deal he got and made up read more

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