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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Dessert Spoon
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.

Dessert Spoon

Maker Unknown
Maker James Gaskins (American, ca. 1761 - 1827)
Maker James Geddy III (American)
Contact Mr. Arnold B. McKinnon
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1790-1810
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 6 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. (17.5 x 3.2 cm)
Inscribedengraved "JHC"
Credit LineGift of Henry A. McKinnon, Jr., Arnold B. McKinnon and John B. McKinnon, descendents of John and Hannah Cox
Object number2006.12.2
Not on view
DescriptionSet of six dessert spoons hand wrought silver in the plain-taste with simple handles and ovoid bowls. Each is engraved with the script initials "JHC" on the handle and bears the stamped makers mark "JG" on the back of the handle.

ProvenanceJohn and Hannah Cox, Portsmouth, Virginia; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia., Gift of Henry A. McKinnon, Jr., Arnold B. McKinnon and John B. McKinnon, descendents of John and Hannah Cox, 2006.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Unknown
ca. 1790-1810
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Unknown
ca. 1790-1810
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Unknown
ca. 1790-1810
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Unknown
ca. 1790-1810
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Unknown
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