Teaspoon Maker: C.O. Buff (American)

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

other: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.3321

Culture
Period

18th century

Classification
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Bibliography
  • Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 2, pp. 116–17, no. 686
  • J. Hall Pleasants and Howard Sill, "Charles Oliver Bruff, Silversmith," Antiques 39, no. 6 (June 1941), 309, fig. 2
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Additional information

Object/Work type

teaspoons

Marks

"COB" in conforming punch and "C.O. Bruff" in rectangle with scalloped ends, on back of handle

Inscriptions

"DCVS" monogram engraved on front of handle.

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