Artist/Maker
Samuel Ayres
(1767 - 1824)
Teaspoon
ca. 1800
Place madeLexington, Kentucky, United States, North America
Silver
Overall: 5 3/4 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in. ( 14.6 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm )
Gift of the Misses Mary L. and Ellen D. Constant
1943.357
Descriptionsilver teaspoon with a downturned pointed handle with the engraved initials, "EHW" in script on the front; pointed oval bowl with a pointed drop; maker's mark stamped on the underside of the handle.Markingsengraved: on the handle: "EHW" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "S. Ayres" in script in a conforming rectangle
ClassificationsSILVER
