Spoon (Tablespoon)

Museum Object Number 1975.0024

Object Name

Spoon (Tablespoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Odessa Account

Creator (Role)

Bancroft Woodcock (Silversmith)

Creator Notes

As per Fennimore, Delaware Silver, p. 313: "Bancroft Woodcock is arguably Delaware's best known and most celebrated silversmith."

Date of Birth

1732

Date of Death

1817

Place of Origin

Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1754-1770

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. ; ; WOODCOCK, BANCROFT

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

8.31 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21.11 (L)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 479, no. 513
[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