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

Teaspoon

Manufacturer Charles F. Greenwood and Brother

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1850

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)

InscribedStamped in back: horse's head over a chevron. "Coin". "Greenwood and Bro.".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Hofheimer, II

Object number87.235B

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DescriptionTeaspoon with a pointed elliptical bowl, twisted handle ending in a upturned spatulate end bright cut with leafage and engraved with the initials "GPD". This probably was made elsewhere and retailed with Greenwood.

Published ReferencesGeorge Barton Cutten, THE SILVERSMITHS OF VIRGINIA TOGETHER WITH WATCHMAKERS AND JEWELERS FROM 1694 TO 1850, (The Deitz Press, Inc.: Richmond, VA, 1952), p. 95.