Artist/Maker John Vernon (1762 – 1842)

Teaspoons (5)

1794

Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America

Silver

Each: 5 1/4 × 1 × 1/4 in. (13.3 × 2.5 × 0.6 cm)

Purchase

1973.6b-f

These teaspoons, along with a mug, beaker and a set of tablespoons, were purchase from John Vernon by Benjamin White in 1794. The bill of sale for these objects is also in the collection of the New-York Historical Society.

DescriptionFive silver teaspoons with downturned pointed-end midrib handles, midrib on the underside of the handle, and pointed oval bowls with tapered drops; handles engraved, "BMW" in bright-cut script; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.

Markingsengraved: on the handles: "BMW" in bright-cut script stamped: on the underside of the handles: "I * V" in roman letters in a cartouche, roman "P" in a shield, and an illegible figure in a shield

ClassificationsSILVER