Object Number 1968.0026

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell

Creator (Role)

Seril Dodge (Maker)
August 15, 1759-April 22, 1802

Place of Origin

Providence, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

As per previous cataloguer: Origin also Pomfret and Norwich, Connecticut.

Date

1793-1803

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; Five-petal florette stamped incuse
2. Mark; Handle, underside; "S·DODGE" stamped in a serrated rectangle
3. Mark; Handle, underside; Five-petal florette stamped incuse;
4. Inscription; Handle, underside, end; "U·:·T"

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

4.685 (L) , 0.866 (W) , 0.3175 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

11.9 (L) , 2.2 (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