Coin Silver Spoon Marked Stewart

It is about 8 1/2" long. I am guessing coin silver because of the 10 15 mark. Stewart, name of the silversmith? Age?
Thanks

 

Sterlingflatwarefashions shows this mark as belonging to a John Stewart, working in NYC in the 1790's and in Baltimore circa 1810.

http://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Silversmiths/SSS11.html

Said John Stewart is not listed in WEV's genealogical study of smiths and associated occupations, though, so I don't have anything else to tell you than what's on SFF. Normally, pieces made in this timeframe would be "coin." However, Baltimore was an early adopter of the sterling standard. I'll need to do a bit more searching to see if the 10:15 has any bearing on fineness.

 

I think I saw John Stewart when doing research but the spoon does not look that old to me. Maybe someone took good care of it.
I learnt about the 10.15 mark when I was researching about the Kirk spoons that I had. They used that marking for their coin pieces.

 

Ah! Well, that's the right place, if this Stewart did in fact work in Baltimore.

 

Just did a quick refresher on Baltimore. Note that your spoon does not have any Baltimore assay marks, so it can't have been conclusively made there during the time frame suggested. Even Kirk did not use the 10/15 until after 1830. I got the feeling from Rainwater that the 10/15 was an internal Kirk mark and not anything "official," nor did she say what its significance was.

 

I haven't anything new to add to this thread other then to tell what Ensko, American Silversmiths and Their Marks has to say about John Stewart.

Section: "Names of Early American Silversmiths 1650-1850"
p. 125:
"John Stewart
New York, at 32 Duke Street. In Baltimore, Md. after 1810."

Section: "Marks of Early American Silversmiths 1650-1850"
p. 236: has a pic of this exact marking with the 10.50 and says:
"John Stewart New York 1791."

--- Susan

 

So, if it says Baltimore, After 1810 then it is possible he spent the rest of his life there. And most likely the pieces marked 10.15 are from the end of his life, maybe from the 40's?