Six Dessert Spoons
Dateca. 1800
Marked by
John Adam
(1775 - 1848)
MediumSilver
DimensionsOL: 7 1/2"; OW across bowl of spoon: 1 1/2"
Credit LineGift of Robert F. Grossman
Object number2008-159,1-6
DescriptionSix silver dessert spoons, each with downturned, modified coffin handle and pointed oval bowl with engraved rounded drop on back.InscribedEngraved with sprigged script "T" on upper surface of each handle
MarkingsMarked in relief on back of handle "I•ADAM." within a rectangle [Hollan 2010 pg. 8, mark d]
Provenance
Faison House Antiques, Jackson, NC.
1660-1661
ca. 1740-1760
1796-1797
ca. 1830
1660-1661
1762-1763
ca. 1760-1820
ca. 1810
ca. 1790-1810