New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Teaspoon

Manufacturer Edward Augustus Tyler (American)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1850

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)

InscribedBack of handle: "E.A. Tyler New Orleans". Engraved on back in script: "Julia"

Credit LineBequest of Florence Smith

Object number0.1971.9D

Not on view

DescriptionOne of a set of four teaspoons. Thread, fiddle handle; slightly forward bend, long drop, oval bowl.

Published ReferencesLouise C. Belden. _Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection_. Charlottesville: U. Press of VA for the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1980, p. 415 for marks.