Metals
Samuel Vernon (Maker)
Newport, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
1705-1710
Silver
Engraved
1962.0240.1529
Object Number1962.0240.1529 |
Spoon (Tablespoon)
Metals
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell
Samuel Vernon (Maker)
December 6, 1683-December 5, 1737
As per Flynt & Fales, Heritage Foundation Collection, p. 347): Samuel Vernon was the son of Daniel Vernon (1643-1715) and Ann (Dyer) Vernon. His mother was the granddaughter of Ann Hutchinson and sister of Elizabeth Hutchinson, the mother of Edward Winslow. Samuel Vernon married Elizabeth Fleet on April 10, 1707. She died in 1722. HE then married Elizabeth Paine on January 12, 1725. She died in 1759. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 08/31/2010)
Newport, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
1705-1710
1. Mark; Handle, underside; "SV /
2. Inscription; Handle, underside, end; "S / N D" engraved
Silver
Engraved
7.244 (L) , 1.654 (W) , 1.3404 (Weight)
18.4 (L) , 4.2 (W) , 38 (Weight)
Text available soon.
[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 172, no. 131 a-f
[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. 422
[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, p. 347