Artist/Maker
Joseph Richardson
(1752 - 1831)
Set of tablespoons
ca. 1791
Place madePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Silver
Overall: 9 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (22.9 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm)
Gift of Mr. Goodhue Livingston
1951.295a-l
The spoons were probably made for Elizabeth Rhoads (1770-1796), who married Samuel Wharton Fisher (1764-1817) in Philadelphia in 1791.
DescriptionTwelve silver tablespoons with pointed oval bowl, downturned oval handle with bright-cut and wheel-turned decoration, and modeled drop; engraved initials inside decorative oval on obverse of handle; stamped maker's mark on reverse.Markingsengraved in script: on obverse of handle: "R" or "ER"
stamped (twice): on reverse of handle: "I . R"
ClassificationsSILVER
