Tablespoon
Manufacturer
Charles Branda
(American, early 19th Century)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1820
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
InscribedStamped on back of handle: "C. BRAND&CO".
Credit LinePurchase, Norfolk Newspapers' Art Trust Fund
Object number68.11.4
Not on view
DescriptionBackward bent fiddle handle with a slight midrib on the back and chamfered pointed shoulders and a rounded drop. Elliptical bowl. Initialed "JMF" in script.Exhibition History"Place, Setting & Time: Early Tidewater Silver," Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, Portsmouth, Va., May 27 - September 4, 2005.
ca. 1830
