Object Number 1971.0101

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Bissell Fund

Creator (Role)

Frederick Oakes (Maker)
1782-1855

Place of Origin

Hartford, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Date

1807-1811

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "F.OAKES" stamped in a serrated rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "LR" engraved
3. Inscription; Handle, underside, end; "71.101" incised

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

5.394 (L) , 1.102 (W) , 0.388 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.7 (L) , 2.8 (W) , 11 (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] Flynt, Henry N. & Fales, Martha Gandy. 1968 The Heritage Collection of Silver: With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. 391 p.
• Maker biography, p. 291.