Object Number 1962.0240.1287

Object Name

Spoon (Tablespoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell

Creator (Role)

Ebenezer Noyes Moulton (Maker)
January 1, 1768-August 1824
As per Flynt & Fales, The Heritage Silver Collection, p. 282: Son of Joseph Moulton III (1744-1816). Brother of William Moulton III (1772-1861), Enoch Moulton (1780-ca.1820), and Abel Moulton (1784-1840+). Married Jane Somerby on October 18, 1787. Married a second time to Nabby Bourne in 1794.

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

As per Flynt & Fales (see References): Also worked in Newburyport, Massachusetts. (L. Jones, cataloguer, 06/24/2010)

Date

1795-1800

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "MOULTON" stamped incuse

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

8.465 (L) , 1.772 (W) , 1.1817 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21.5 (L) , 4.5 (W) , 33.5 (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
[Book] Currier, Ernest M. 1938 Marks of Early American Silversmiths: With Notes on Silver, Spoon Types & List of New York City Silversmiths 1815-1841. 179 p.
• Information on the Moulton family, p. 100
[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 all of the Moultons of Newburyport, pp. 280-283
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Example of marks, brief background, sources, p. 304
[Book] Flynt, Henry N. & Fales, Martha Gandy. 1968 The Heritage Collection of Silver: With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. 391 p.
• Brief biography on Ebenezer Moulton (1768-1824), p. 281
[Book] Currier, Ernest M. 1938 Marks of Early American Silversmiths: With Notes on Silver, Spoon Types & List of New York City Silversmiths 1815-1841. 179 p.
• Example of marks, p. 100
[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 144, no. 101