Museum Object Number1984.0005.215 |
Spoon (Teaspoon)
Metals
Ineson-Bissell Collection
Gift of Vincent H. Beckman in memory of Elizabeth Desloge Beckman
Benjamin Lord (Maker)
1770
April 23, 1843
Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
As per Belden (see References): Benjamin Lord worked in several places including Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Rutland, Vermont, and Athens, Georgia. (L. Jones, cataloguer, 6/23/10)
1800-1840
1. ; ; LORD, BENJAMIN
Silver
5.37 (L)
13.65 (L)
Text available soon.
[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.
• Example mark and information on maker, p. 276
[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, pp. 267-268