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EXTREME RARE 1807 Evererd Benjamin Silver Tea SPOONs
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I have the unique pleasure to bring you four authentic and original signed Evererd Benjamin tea spoons that were produced by the well known silversmith of New Haven Ct in 1807. Each measures 6 inches long with a nice 2 1/4 inch bowls. Total Weight slightly under 3 ounces and is nice coin silver. These spoons were hand produced by a remarkable silversmith in New Haven Ct about 30 years after the American Revolution. Beautiful handwork throughout these spoons and you can see were the bowl was attached to the handle. Mint to near mint with no damage. Nice recessed E Benjamin signatures. Three box marks that look like a "C", a lion, and anchor or arrow. Fancy script engraved initials on handles. Possibly FEM. Guaranteed authentic with full return privileges. Museum quality and will hold up against any independent appraisal. It is rare that I get items that hold this much history.
New Haven , Connecticut New Haven is the second- or third-largest municipality in Connecticut , after Bridgeport and possibly Hartford , with a core population of about 124,000. " New Haven " may also refer to the wider Greater New Haven area, which has nearly 600,000 inhabitants in the immediate area. It is located in New Haven County, on New Haven Harbor, on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. New Haven was founded in 1638, one of the earliest planned communities in North America . The next year, eight streets were laid out in a grid of four streets by four streets creating what is now commonly known as the "Nine Square Plan," which is recognized by the American Institute of Certified Planners as a National Historic Planning Landmark. The central common block is the Green, a 16 acre square, now a National Historic Landmark and the center of Downtown New Haven. New Haven had the first public tree planting program in America , producing a canopy of mature trees (including some large elms) that gave New Haven the nickname "The Elm City." The city is the home of Yale University . Along with Yale, healthcare (hospitals, biotechnology), professional services (legal, architectural, marketing, engineering), financial services and retail trade form the base of the economy. Since the mid-1990s, the city's downtown area has seen extensive revitalization. History Pre-colonial and colonial history Before European arrival, the New Haven area was the home of the Quinnipiac tribe of Native Americans, who lived in villages around the harbor and subsisted off local fisheries and the farming of maize. The area was briefly visited by Dutch explorer Adriaen Block in 1614. Dutch traders set up a small trading system of beaver pelts with the local inhabitants, but trade was sporadic and the Dutch did not settle permanently in the area. In April 1638, five hundred Puritans who left the Massachusetts Bay Colony under the leadership of the Reverend John Davenport and the London merchant Theophilus Eaton sailed into the harbor. These settlers were hoping to establish a better theological community than the one they left in Massachusetts and sought to take advantage of the excellent port capabilities of the harbor. The Quinnipiacs, who were under attack by neighboring Pequots, sold their land to the settlers in return for protection. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Government of New Haven Colony By 1640, the town's theocratic government and nine square grid plan were in place, and the town was renamed Newhaven from Quinnipiac. However, the area north of New Haven remained Quinnipiac until 1678, when it was renamed Hamden . The settlement became the headquarters of the New Haven Colony. At the time, the New Haven Colony was separate from the Connecticut Colony which had been established to the north focusing on Hartford . One of the principal differences between the two colonies was that the New Haven colony was an intolerant theocracy that did not permit other churches to be established while the Connecticut colony permitted the establi...
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