Six Teaspoons
Dateca. 1825
Marked by
John Adam
(1775 - 1848)
MediumSilver
DimensionsOL: 7 1/4" ; OW across bowl: 1 7/16"
Credit LineGift of Robert F. Grossman
Object number2008-165,1-6
DescriptionSix silver teaspoons, each with upturned, tipped fiddle handle, pointed shoulders, and pointed oval bowl.InscribedEngraved lengthwise on handle in sprigged script "JMC"
MarkingsMarked incuse on back "J . ADAM / AlEXA" (note last A is superscript) [Hollan 2010, pg. 8, mark i-1]
ProvenanceStudio Antiques, Alexandria, VA.
John Adam, Jr. (b.1780) worked in Alexandria, Va in the 19th century.
ca. 1825
1814-1845
1856-1859
1818-1845
1806-1814 or 1818-1821 (probably)
1815-1830
1815-1830
ca. 1825
1826-1827
ca. 1830