Pair of Teaspoons
Date1815-1830
Marked by
Peter Bentzon
ca. 1783 - after 1850
MediumSilver
DimensionsOL: 5 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Hugh Trumbull Adams Fund
Object number2017-2,1
DescriptionDownturned fiddle handle tapers to pointed shoulders above pointed oval bowl with shallow incised oval drop on backLabel TextA free man of color, Peter Bentzon was born about 1783 in the Danish West Indies (now the United States Virgin Islands) to a mother of African and European descent and a Norwegian father. Trained as a silversmith in Philadelphia, he worked both in that city and in St. Croix, moving several times between these locations prior to his death sometime after 1850. Less than three dozen objects are known today bearing his touchmarks.Inscription(s)Engraved "MD" in sprigged script across face of handle.Mark(s)Marked on back of handle in relief "P. BENTZON" in a rectangle
1826-1827
James Geddy II
