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Spoon (Teaspoon)
Jacob Walter
1825-1860
Category
Metals
Creator/Artist/Maker
Jacob Walter
Place of Origin
Baltimore; Maryland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Silver
Museum Object Number
1998.0004.716
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of the Trust for the Benefit of Richard Tousey and Others
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Object Number
1998.0004.716
Object Name
Spoon (Teaspoon)
Category
Metals - Ineson-Bissell Collection, The Richard and Ruth Tousey Collection
Creator (Role)
Jacob Walter
Place of Origin
Baltimore; Maryland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1825-1860
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Handle, underside
Inscription: "J.WALTER" stamped in a rectangle
Type: Mark
Location: Handle, underside
Inscription: "BALTIMORE" stamped incuse
Type: Inscription
Location: Handle, upper surface, end
Inscription: "REH" engraved
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Silver
Techniques
- Engraved
Dimensions (inches)
1.142 (W) x 5.906 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.9 (W) x 15 (L)
Dimensions (oz)
0.7055
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. 467-488Book: Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on maker and example of mark, p. 428Book: 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 and movement notes, p. 198