Serving Implement
Manufacturer
Joseph Mosley Freeman
(American, 1806 - 1882)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1850
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
InscribedStamped on back of handle: "J. M. Freeman".
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number84.79
Not on view
DescriptionSpade shaped serving implement (game server or pie server) engraved with a bird and floral motifs.Label TextJoseph Mosley Freeman American, 1806–1882 Serving Implement, ca. 1850 Silver Museum purchase 84.79 Exhibition History"The Norfolk Rooms," Willoughby-Baylor House, Norfolk, VA, opened August 16, 2014.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. 94.
ca. 1850
