New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

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Manufacturer Joseph Mosley Freeman (American, 1806 - 1882)

CultureAmerican

Date1843-1844

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 7 in. (17.8 cm)

InscribedStamped on the back of handle: "J.M. Freeman".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Hofheimer, II

Object number85.23

Not on view

DescriptionForward bent handle has rounded end and tapers to tines. Decorated with beaded edge front and back and front engraved with the name, "E.B. Wilson" in script.

Published ReferencesGeorge Barton Cutten, THE SILVERSMITHS OF VIRGINIA TOGETHER WITH WATCHMAKERS AND JEWELERS FROM 1694 TO 1850, (The Deitz Press, Inc.: Richmond, VA, 1952), p. 93.