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 number2006.12.1

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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.