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

Serving Spoon

Artist William Chawner II
CultureEnglish
Date1833-1834
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
InscribedMarks stamped on side of bowl.
Credit LineGift of Mark A. Clark, in memory of Jefferson Patterson
Object number78.7.2
Not on view
DescriptionHeavy spoon with back-bent handle and elliptical bowl. The handle is decorated with scrolls and leaves in high relief. Crest engraved on handle.

ProvenanceCharles F. Kettering, Dayton, Ohio; Mark A. Clark; Gift of Mark Clark, in memory of Jefferson Patterson, to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 1978. Published ReferencesArthur Grimwade, LONDON GOLDSMITHS, (Faber & Faber, 1976), p. 463, #3070 for mark.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Thomas Chawner
1774
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Robert Hennell I
1780-81
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Thomas Chawner
ca. 1775
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Whiting Manufacturing Company
ca. 1890
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Glenwood Silver Co.
1910
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Bell
1817-1818
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Hester Bateman
1786-1787
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Hester Bateman
1786-1787
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.
Paul De Lamerie
ca. 1739
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
18th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Towle Silversmiths
early 20th century