Tablespoon

Tablespoon

Description

Tablespoon Handle with tapered fiddle, downturned, pointed shoulders, vestigial midrib on back Pointed ovoid bowl, rounded drop Inscribed "L" in feathered script engraved crosswise on handle front Mark: "H. I. Pepper" in rectangle stamped on handle back Examples by maker published in "Delaware Silve, the Col. Kenneth P. & Regina I. Brown Collection" by Donald L. Fennimore and Louisa D. Bartlett, Published by the Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE, 2008. See pp. 213-238 and p. 344.

Material

Silver

Provenance

Purchased at auction by donor.