Object Number 2004.0045.003

Object Name

Spoon (Mote spoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Joann Overman Jones

Creator (Role)

Joseph Richardson Sr. (Maker)
9/17/1711-1784

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1740-1760

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "IR" in oval, stamped

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

5.039 (L) , 0.906 (W) , 0.2822 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.8 (L) , 2.3 (W) , 8 (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] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on the maker and examples of marks, pp. 356-357.
[Book] Fales, Martha Gandy. 1974 Joseph Richardson and Family: Philadelphia Silversmiths.
• Information on the Richardsons of Philadelphia.