Museum Object Number1998.0004.445 |
Spoon (Teaspoon)
Metals
Ineson-Bissell Collection, The Richard and Ruth Tousey Collection
Bequest of the Trust for the Benefit of Richard Tousey and Others
Nathan Adams (Maker)
As per Flynt & Fales, Heritage Foundation Collection, p. 143: Nathan Adams was the son of Henry and Sarah (Emory) Adams. He married Elizabeth Poor in 1784. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 03/16/2011)
May 1, 1755
1825
Maine or Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
As per Belden (see References): Nathan Adams worked in several places including Wiscasset, Maine, Danvers, Massachusettes, Andover, Massachusetts, and Boston, Massachusetts. He worked as a joiner in most of these places and as a silversmith and watchmaker in Boston. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 11/21/2009)
1783-1825
1. Mark; Handle, underside; "ADAMS" stamped in a rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "AS" engraved
Silver
Engraved
5.945 (L) , 0.945 (W) , 0.3175 (Weight)
15.1 (L) , 2.4 (W) , 9 (Weight)
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[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• An illustrated glossary of spoon terms, pp. 467-488
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on maker and example of mark, p. 28
[Book] Flynt, Henry N. & Fales, Martha Gandy. 1968 The Heritage Collection of Silver: With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. 391 p.
• Information on maker and example marks, p. 143