Tablespoon
Manufacturer
Edward Augustus Tyler
(American)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1850
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
InscribedStamped on back of handle: "E.A. Tyler, N. Orleans". Engraved on back of handle, conjoined: "MF"
Credit LineBequest of Florence Smith
Object number0.1971.11E
Not on view
DescriptionOne of a set of five tablespoons. Thread, fiddle handle with slightly forward bend, long drop and pointed 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.
