Museum Object Number1965.1688.001 |
Spoon
Metals
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Edmund Whitehouse (Maker)
Little seems to be known of this maker. Whitehouse is dismissed in the "Dethroned Pewterers" section of Laughlin, who concludes that Edmund is the tutania spoon maker from Aston Road in Birmingham, England (Laughlin, Pewter in America, 1981, vol.3, p.204-205). For more on Edmund Whitehouse's marks, see C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.281 and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.228. See also Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.176.
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1810-1820
1. Mark; Back of handle, near end; "WHITEHOUSE" in serrated rectangle, stamped
American eagle
Pewter; Britannia metal
Cast
8 (L) , 1.626 (W)
20.32 (L) , 4.13 (W)
Text available soon.
[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
• Published: fig. 10-8, p. 163 (1965.1688.004 pictured)