Set of 4 VT teaspoons by Phinney & Mead, Montpelier

Spatulate-end fiddle handle with flared shoulders; full-name mono on the front, S.M. Stewart in feathered script. Length is 6", condition is excellent, no tipwear at all. The Phinney & Mead partnership lasted from 1850-57 (see David Perrin's book on Vermont silversmiths).