Spoon (Teaspoon)

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Charles Tinges (Possible maker or seller)

  • Place of Origin:

    Annapolis or Baltimore, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1787-1816

  • Materials:

    Silver

  • Museum Object Number:

    1987.0007


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1987.0007

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of William J. Flather

Creator (Role)

Charles Tinges (Possible maker or seller)
3/1/1765-1816

Place of Origin

Annapolis or Baltimore, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

(See Notes.)

Date

1787-1816

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, stem, underside; "C.T." in a rectangle, stamped twice
2. Inscription; Handle tip, surface; "RTL" engraved in foliate script across tip

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

7.06 (L) , 1.4 (W) , 1.1 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

17.94 (L) , 3.5 (W) , 30 (Weight)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Pleasants, Jacob Hall & Sill, Howard. 1930 Maryland silversmiths, 1715-1830 : with illustrations of their silver and their marks and with a facsimile of The design book of William Faris. 324 p.
Biography: p. 187.
[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.
Biography: p. 197.
[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] Goldsborough, Jennifer F., et al. Silver in Maryland. 300.
Clock: Fig. 262, p. 192.