Historic silver of the Colonies and its makers (1917)
Bigelow, Francis Hill, 1859-1933 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 297
e end of the seven-teenth century whichwas similar to the triiid-end spoon, but the cleftswere omitted and theend was waved. A pairof *■ wavy-end spoons(Illus. i66) made byJohn Edwards (1670-1746) of Boston, be- 166. John Edwards. L. 7I in. longing tO the ^ First Church, Boston, is en-graved p. p… … Spoons Ladles Forks 267 Y. plain rat-tail which succeeded the more elabo-rate V-shaped tongue of the earlier spoon. Thisform of rat-tail commonly obtained during thefirst quarter of the eighteenth century in Eng-land but in our country is often found at amuch later date. The initialsMW are those of…
Silverwork -- United States
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