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Three William Moulton American Coin Silver Teaspoons. Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1800-1830; 6-1/8 inches long (longest); 40 grams. Condition: Errant nicking and scratching, deeper nick to terminal of smallest example, with wear commensurate with age and use. The lot comprising: {blockquote}1. Teaspoon (6-1/8 inches), circa 1800, engraved MC to terminal in period script, stamped WM in square cartouche to reverse stem. 2. Teaspoon (5-5/8 inches), circa 1830, bright-cut decoration to stem and terminal, engraved SS to terminal in period script, stamped with W.MOULTON in square cartouche to reverse stem. 3. Teaspoon (6 inches), circa 1830, engraved to terminal J. White., stamped with W.MOULTON in square cartouche to reverse stem.{/blockquote} Silversmith William Moulton (1772-1861) of Newburyport, Massachusetts made these three spoons. He was the son of Newburyport silversmith Joseph Moulton (1744-1816), and the grandson of silversmith William Moulton (1720-1793) who plied his trade for 20 years in Newburyport, another 26 years in Hempstead, New Hampshire, and five years in Marietta, Northwest Territory (Ohio) where he died in 1793. The elder William Moulton is known in numismatic circles as the maker of the extremely rare 1776 New Hampshire copper coins. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.

Heritage Newman IX, November 2017, lot 15062, realized $528. Images and description courtesy of Heritage Auctions.