Spoon
2008/11226/1-6
1750-1800 / Metal / Metalwork / Other
Metal, engraved
c.1780
One of a set of six sterling silver tea spoons in the Collection. Each is engraved with the initials 'IMP'.
These spoons were not John Wesley's, but he is known to have had four silver spoons which would have looked almost identical. In a letter in 1776, he wrote: “I have two silver spoons at London and two at Bristol. This is all the plate I have at present, and I shall not buy any more while so many round me want bread.”
c.1780
One of a set of six sterling silver tea spoons in the Collection. Each is engraved with the initials 'IMP'.
These spoons were not John Wesley's, but he is known to have had four silver spoons which would have looked almost identical. In a letter in 1776, he wrote: “I have two silver spoons at London and two at Bristol. This is all the plate I have at present, and I shall not buy any more while so many round me want bread.”
