Simon Wedge, Sr.
Coffeepot
1804-1814
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Simon Wedge, Sr.
Coffeepot
1804-1814
Physical Qualities
Silver, wood, 12 3/8 × 13 × 5 1/2 in. (31.4 × 33 × 14 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. John G. Matthews, Henderson, North Carolina
Object Number
1989.344.1
Extremely large-scale characterized tea and coffee services were made in Baltimore during the first quarter of the 19th century. The Museum also owns the teapot and waste bowl from this service. The waste bowl is displayed in the left-hand case [#10].
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1989; Lucille MIller Matthews, Henderson, North Carolina
AMW Reinstallation 2014
American Wing Rotations 2020
American Wing Rotations 2021
American Wing Rotations 2022
American Wing Rotations 2023
American Wing Rotations 2024
American Wing Rotations 2025
Ensko, Stephen G. "American Silversmiths and Their Marks III," Robert Ensko, Inc. New York, 1948, p. 138, 146
Goldsborough, Jennifer Fields. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art," The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland, 1975, p. 80. (example of marks)
Goldsborough, Jennifer Fields. "Silver in Maryland," Baltimore, The Maryland Historical Society, 1983, p. 222 (reference to marks and Simon Wedge)
"Served In Style: 300 Years Of Maryland Silver," Antiques and the Arts Weekly, December 22, 2006
Goldsborough, Jennifer Fields. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art," The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland, 1975, p. 80. (example of marks)
Goldsborough, Jennifer Fields. "Silver in Maryland," Baltimore, The Maryland Historical Society, 1983, p. 222 (reference to marks and Simon Wedge)
"Served In Style: 300 Years Of Maryland Silver," Antiques and the Arts Weekly, December 22, 2006
Inscribed: Engraved monogram "IAR" (almost illegible)
Markings: Stamped letters/mark in separate reserves: "S", "W", eagle's head facing left inside an oval (considered his earliest mark), side of foot rim
On View at the BMA
