Peter Kirkwood
Dessert Spoon
1789
Physical Qualities
Silver, 6 7/8 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 in. (17.5 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.16
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 74, ill.
Markings: stamp: "P. Kirkwood" on handle reverse in script engraving: "C" on spoon end in script
Maker
Peter Kirkwood
American, working Chestertown, 1790-c. 1795; working Annapolis, 1799-1801
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On View: American Wing Second Floor, Eltonhead Hallway Case 2/D