Teaspoon

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Teaspoon
Datec. 1808
Made inEngland
MediumSilver
Dimensions4 3/4 × 7/8 in. (12.1 × 2.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Mrs. Vernon Knight
Object numberB.2009.13
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThis English teaspoon descended through many generations with a tea bowl and saucer (B.2009.12.1, .2) made at the Worcester Porcelain Manufactory.
ProvenanceBy tradition, ordered by Mary Lewis Phillips (1761–1844), Willistown, Pennsylvania; by inheritance to her daughter Sarah Phillips Williamson (1801–1852), Newtown Township, Pennsylvania; by inheritance to her daughter Caroline Williamson Hunter (1828–1916), Springfield, Pennsylvania; by inheritance to her daughter Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hunter Keller (1861–1942), Springfield, Pennsylvania; by inheritance to her daughter Elizabeth Keller Gordon (1891–1978), Philadelphia; by inheritance to her daughter Elizabeth “Betsy” Gordon Vernon Knight (1922–2012), Houston; given to MFAH, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[none]
Hallmarked for c. 1808

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