Museum Object Number1961.0695 |
Cann
Metals
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
Bancroft Woodcock (Silversmith)
As per Fennimore, Delaware Silver, p. 313: "Bancroft Woodcock is arguably Delaware's best known and most celebrated silversmith."
1732
1817
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1. Mark; Underside; "B·W" with a pellet, stamped in a rectangle with wavy edges
2. Inscription; Underside; "S / B * S" with an eight point star, crudely engraved
3. Inscription; Underside; "61.695"
Silver
Wrought, Engraved, Cast
5.236 (H) , 4.961 (L) , 3.346 (W) , 11.2524 (Weight)
13.3 (H) , 12.6 (L) , 8.5 (W) , 319 (Weight)
Text available soon.
[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 473, no. 505
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on maker and example marks, p. 454, fig. b
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. & Bartlett, Louisa D. 2008 Delaware Silver the Col. Kenneth P. & Regina I. Brown Collection. 355 p.
• Information on maker, p. 348