Teaspoon
Manufacturer
John S. Heald
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1830
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
InscribedStamped on back of handle in a serrated rectangle: "I.S. Heald". Front of handle engraved "ML" in script (conjoined).
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number88.50
Not on view
DescriptionBackward bent fiddle handle with pointed shoulders and oval pointed bowl.Published ReferencesLouise C. Belden, MARKS OF AMERICAN SILVERSMITHS IN THE INESON-BISSELL COLLECTION, (Charlottesville: U. Press of VA for the Henry Francis duPont Winterthur Museum, 1980), p. 221 for maker and marks.
ca. 1830