Object Number 1967.0114

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles van Ravenswaay

Creator (Role)

Amos Doolittle (Maker)
05/18/1754-01/30/1832
References: Groce and Wallace, Artists in America (1957). Doolittle is perhaps less remembered for his cartographic works - he produced many of the early best maps of New England, most notably for Mathew Carey in Philadelphia.

Place of Origin

Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

As per previous cataloguer: Origin New Haven or Cheshire, Connecticut.

Date

1780-1790

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "AD" stamped in a rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "SEH" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

5.472 (L) , 0.984 (W) , 0.3175 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.9 (L) , 2.5 (W) , 9 (Weight)

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