1965.1688.004 Spoon
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Spoon

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Edmund Whitehouse (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    1800-1830

  • Materials:

    Pewter; Britannia metal

  • Techniques:

    Cast

  • Museum Object Number:

    1965.1688.004


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Object Number

1965.1688.004

Object Name

Spoon

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

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.

Place of Origin

Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1800-1830

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Back of handle, near end; "WHITEHOUSE" in a serrated rectangle, stamped

Subjects

American eagle

Materials

Pewter; Britannia metal

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

8 (L) , 1.626 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.32 (L) , 4.13 (W)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
Published: fig. 10-8, p. 163