Museum Object Number1998.0004.458 |
Spoon (Dessert spoon)
Metals
Ineson-Bissell Collection, The Richard and Ruth Tousey Collection
Bequest of the Trust for the Benefit of Richard Tousey and Others
R. H. L. Villard (Maker)
Washington, District of Columbia, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1833-1835
1. Mark; Handle, underside; "VILLARD" stamped in a serrated rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "GLC" engraved
Silver
Engraved
7.323 (L) , 1.417 (W) , 1.1993 (Weight)
18.6 (L) , 3.6 (W) , 34 (Weight)
Text available soon.
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• An illustrated glossary of spoon terms, pp. 467-488
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on maker and example marks, p. 423
[Book] Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds & Harper, Ann Boyce. 1975 Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. 204 p.
• Information on maker, p. 197