Browne & Seal
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Maker Browne & Seal(Philadelphia, 1810–1811)Philadelphia, 1810–1811

CultureAmerican

Titles

Tablespoon

Datec. 1810–1811

Made inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

MediumSilver

Dimensions9 in. (22.9 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Anne Rowland

Object numberB.82.18

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Metals Study Room

On view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceJane Baker (1763–1850) and Michael Baker, Jr. (1758–1834), Philadelphia; by inheritance to their son Joseph Baker (1797–1872) and his wife Anne Baker (1804–1878), Philadelphia; by inheritance to their daughter Josephine Robina Baker (1831–1904) and her husband Edwin Henry Fitler (1825–1896), Philadelphia; by inheritance to their daughter Anna Margaret Fitler (1851–1937) and her husband Charles Harkness Howell (1848–1902), Philadelphia; by inheritance to their daughter Cecile Fitler Howell (1893–1953) and her husband William O. Rowland, Jr. (1891–1934), Philadelphia; by inheritance to their daughter Anne Rowland (1920–2013), Williamsburg, Virginia; given to MFAH, 1982.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Engraved: MJB [Michael and Jane Baker]
Engraved on back of handle: Sept. 23rd 1784 [added later]

Mark of Browne & Seal [Belden 1980, p. 81]

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