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A silver serving spoon with a pierced bowl and a fiddle handle engraved "JSR".
Pierced Serving Spoon
A silver serving spoon with a pierced bowl and a fiddle handle engraved "JSR".
A silver serving spoon with a pierced bowl and a fiddle handle engraved "JSR".
Pierced Serving Spoon, Thomas Wriggins, c. 1840, silver, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Pierced Serving Spoon

Maker (American)
Datec. 1840
Mediumsilver
Dimensions8 × 2 1/4 inches (20.3 × 5.7 cm)
MarkingsMaker's mark stamped on the handle back: T. WRIGGINS [in rectangle]
Credit LineBequest of Gertrude West Hollowbush.
Object number1988.3.24
On View
Not on view
CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextThis serving spoon has a pierced bowl and fiddle handle inscribed “JSR.” Silversmith Thomas Wriggins worked in Philadelphia from 1831 to 1868, alone and in various partnerships.
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