Thomas Bruff
Tablespoon
1789
Physical Qualities
Silver, 9 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in. (22.9 x 4.1 x 2.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1935.33.3
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1935; 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. 53, ill.
Benskin, Elizabeth, and Suzy Wolffe. Teacher's Guide to the American Collection. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014, pages 32 and 39.
Inscribed: Engraved: 'JGA' in cursive on front of handle
Markings: Stamped: 'T BRUFF' on back of handle