Object Number 1998.0004.445

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of the Trust for the Benefit of Richard Tousey and Others

Creator (Role)

Nathan Adams (Maker)
May 1, 1755-1825
As per Flynt & Fales, Heritage Foundation Collection, p. 143: Nathan Adams was the son of Henry and Sarah (Emory) Adams. He married Elizabeth Poor in 1784. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 03/16/2011)

Place of Origin

Maine or Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

As per Belden (see References): Nathan Adams worked in several places including Wiscasset, Maine, Danvers, Massachusettes, Andover, Massachusetts, and Boston, Massachusetts. He worked as a joiner in most of these places and as a silversmith and watchmaker in Boston. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 11/21/2009)

Date

1783-1825

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

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

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

5.945 (L) , 0.945 (W) , 0.3175 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15.1 (L) , 2.4 (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
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on maker and example of mark, p. 28
[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 and example marks, p. 143