Fruit Bowl

This sterling silver fruit bowl is from the workshop of Philadelphia silversmith Peter L. Krider (active 1845-1860) and retailed by Mitchell & Tyler of Richmond. It was purchased by and monogrammed for Edmund Fanning Wickham (1796-1845).

Edmund was a son of John Wickham and his first wife Mary Smith Fanning. In 1822, Edmund married Lucy Carter (1799-1835) of Shirley plantation. They lived at Rocky Mills plantation in Hanover County with their six children. This piece of family heirloom silver descended in the family of Edmund’s brother, William of Hickory Hill plantation.