Henry J. Pepper
Soup Spoon

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Maker Henry J. Pepper (American, 1789–1853)American, 1789–1853

CultureAmerican

Titles

Soup Spoon

Datec. 1827–1849

Made inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

MediumSilver

Dimensions8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Anne Rowland

Object numberB.82.14.3

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Folk Art Room

On view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

METALWORK

DescriptionHenry J. Pepper was born in Ireland and was likely the son of Henry Pepper, Sr., a schoolmaster who taught languages in Wilmington, Delaware, during the 1790s. In 1797, the father moved to Philadelphia, where he contracted yellow fever and died. His widow and children returned to Wilmington. Henry J. Pepper surfaced as a silversmith there with an advertisement in the Delaware Statesman, March 17, 1813. In 1825, Pepper moved to Philadelphia and opened a shop on Chestnut Street, where he continued making silver objects for another twenty-four years.
ProvenanceAnne Rowland (1920–2013), Williamsburg, Virginia; given to MFAH, 1982.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Engraved: HSB

Mark of Henry J. Pepper [Belden 1980, p. 332, b]

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