Spoon (Teaspoon)

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    John S. Heald (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1819-1841

  • Materials:

    Silver

  • Museum Object Number:

    1984.0005.200


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1984.0005.200

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Vincent H. Beckman in memory of Elizabeth Desloge Beckman

Creator (Role)

John S. Heald (Maker)

Place of Origin

Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

As per Belden (see References): John S. Heald worked in both Baltimore, Maryland and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (L. Jones, cataloguer, 06/18/2010)

Date

1819-1841

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. ; ; HEALD, JOHN S.

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

5.5 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.97 (L)

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 John S. Heald and example mark, p. 221
[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 John S. Heald, p. 184