Peter Kirkwood
Dessert Spoon
1789
Physical Qualities
Silver, 7 x 1 3/8 x 7/8 in. (17.8 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.17
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" in script on reverse of handle Engraving: "C" in script at end of handle
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