Object Number 1998.0004.458

Object Name

Spoon (Dessert spoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

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

Creator (Role)

R. H. L. Villard (Maker)

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. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "GLC" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

7.323 (L) , 1.417 (W) , 1.1993 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

18.6 (L) , 3.6 (W) , 34 (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.
• 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