Salt spoon

ca. 1810

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

Silver

Overall: 3/8 × 3 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (1 × 9.5 × 2.9 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild

1924.31a

This set of salt cellars and salt spoons belonged to Anna Floyd, daughter of General William Floyd of the Revolutionary War and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Anna Floyd married George Clinton in 1808.

Descriptionsilver salt spoon; downturned fiddle handle with an outlined scallop on front, flaring shoulders, and a horizontal elliptical bowl; engraved "AF" in bright-cut script on the front of the handle; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.

Markingsengraved: front of handle: "AF" in bright cut script stamped: underside of handle: "GEOFF" in a rectangle, in roman letters besides a eagle in a circle and a roman "C" in a circle

ClassificationsSILVER