MAKER'S MARK OF JACOB BOELEN, NEW YORK, 1680-1700
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A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF SILVER TABLESPOONS
Maker's Mark of Jacob Boelen, New York, 1680-1700
Each with an oval bowl with rattail and a cylindrical stem with baluster turnings, the handle terminal of trefoil form, engraved with a crest on the reverse and monogram VS over I*M, each marked on back of handle with Yale mark 555-558
7in. long; 3oz. 10dwt. (2)
Maker's Mark of Jacob Boelen, New York, 1680-1700
Each with an oval bowl with rattail and a cylindrical stem with baluster turnings, the handle terminal of trefoil form, engraved with a crest on the reverse and monogram VS over I*M, each marked on back of handle with Yale mark 555-558
7in. long; 3oz. 10dwt. (2)
Provenance
These spoons descended to Johanna Beekman of New York (1729-1816), daughter of Samuel Beekman (d.1793). She married secondly John Mehelm (1735-1809) of New Jersey in 1762.
Martha Mehelm (1763-1837), daughter who married William McEwen in 1782. Johanna McEwen (b.1783), daughter, who married Elias Brown in 1805. James Gaston Brown (b.1827), 9th son
Helen L. Brown (1852-1943), daughter, who married Julius de Lagerberg
Guy de Lagerberg (1890-1981), son, who in 1944 married Ruth H. Rogers, the present owner.
It is possible that James G. Brown acquired these spoons from a descendant of Johanna Beekman's daughter by her first marriage to Daniel Waldron in 1752. The daughter's name was Catherine Waldron Berry, who gave six silver spoons to J.G. Brown's sister, Catherine Berry Brown (b.1821) in 1833. Further genealogy accompanies this lot.
Martha Mehelm (1763-1837), daughter who married William McEwen in 1782. Johanna McEwen (b.1783), daughter, who married Elias Brown in 1805. James Gaston Brown (b.1827), 9th son
Helen L. Brown (1852-1943), daughter, who married Julius de Lagerberg
Guy de Lagerberg (1890-1981), son, who in 1944 married Ruth H. Rogers, the present owner.
It is possible that James G. Brown acquired these spoons from a descendant of Johanna Beekman's daughter by her first marriage to Daniel Waldron in 1752. The daughter's name was Catherine Waldron Berry, who gave six silver spoons to J.G. Brown's sister, Catherine Berry Brown (b.1821) in 1833. Further genealogy accompanies this lot.