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
Not on view
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.
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