Museum Object Number1962.0240.1040 |
Spoon (Tablespoon)
Metals
Ineson-Bissell Collection
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell
Jeremiah Dummer (Maker)
See extensive biographical details and list of surviving objects in Patricia Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1998, 385-397.
9/14/1645
5/25/1718
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
1690-1700
1. Mark; Bowl, interior; "I·D /
2. Mark; Handle, underside; "I·D /
3. Inscription; Handle, underside, end; "C" / I M" engraved
Silver
Wrought, Engraved, Stamped
7.559 (L) , 1.89 (W) , 1.6932 (Weight)
19.2 (L) , 4.8 (W) , 48 (Weight)
XRF alloy testing for the spoon bowl: 94.24% silver, 5.3% copper, 0.28% gold, and 0.17% lead; For the spoon handle: 94.73% silver, 4.79% copper, 0.31% gold, and 0.17% lead.
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[Thesis] Davis, John D. 1962 The Evolution of the Early American Silver Spoon, ca. 1650 - ca. 1850. 151 M.A. University of Delaware
• Published: p. 105, fig. 27
[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• P. 92, Fig. 49 (no photo)
[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] Kane, Patricia E. 1998 Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers. 1241.
• Biographical information on Jeremiah Dummer, pp. 385-397
[Book] Schroder, Timothy. 2009 British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean Museum. 2.
• Similar spoons in Vol. 2, pp. 896-899, Figs. 377-379