Lot Essay
Students at Harvard College in the 18th century presented their tutors with silver objects, typically engraved "Ex Dono Pupillorum"
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A RARE PAIR OF TUTORIAL SILVER TABLESPOONS
MAKER'S MARKS OF DANIEL PARKER & STEPHEN EMERY, BOSTON, CIRCA 1775
Each with rounded handle with feather-edge borders, the terminal engraved Ex Dono Pupillorum XXII; marked on reverses
8¼in. long
(2oz.10dwt.)
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MAKER'S MARKS OF DANIEL PARKER & STEPHEN EMERY, BOSTON, CIRCA 1775
Each with rounded handle with feather-edge borders, the terminal engraved Ex Dono Pupillorum XXII; marked on reverses
8¼in. long
(2oz.10dwt.)
(2)