Artist/Maker
Unidentified maker
Former owner
Louise Williamson Schermerhorn
(1830–1854)
Salt spoon
1800–1820
Place madeUnited States, North America
Silver
Overall: 4 1/4 in. × 1 in. (10.8 × 2.5 cm)
Gift of Constance Schermerhorn Skillin
1937.201
This salt spoon descended to the donor through Jonathan Dayton Williamson and Louise Schermerhorn.
DescriptionSilver salt spoon with a downturned fiddle handle engraved, "DSW" in bright-cut script, chamfered shoulders and a horizontal elliptical bowl; maker's mark stamped on the underside of the handle.MarkingsEngraved on the handle: "DSW" in bright-cut script; stamped on the underside of the handle: "N" "H" each in a square
ClassificationsSILVER
