Object Number 1998.0004.874

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of the Trust for the Benefit of Richard Tousey and Others

Creator (Role)

R. H. L. Villard (Maker)

Charles A. Burnett (Maker)-1849

Place of Origin

Washington, District of Columbia, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1833-1835

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "VILLARD" stamped in a serrated rectangle
2. Mark; Handle, underside; Illegible mark, possibly "C*A*BURNETT" stamped in a rectangle
3. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "M" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

7.087 (L) , 1.417 (W) , 1.0229 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

18 (L) , 3.6 (W) , 29 (Weight)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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.
• Example marks, brief background information, sources, p. 86
[Book] Currier, Ernest M. 1938 Marks of Early American Silversmiths: With Notes on Silver, Spoon Types & List of New York City Silversmiths 1815-1841. 179 p.
• Example of marks and some background information, p. 22
[Book] Ensko, Stephen G. C. 1948 American Silversmiths and Their Marks III. 285 p.
• Example of mark and brief background information, p. 161
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on maker R.H.L. VIllard 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 R.H.L. Villard, p. 197