Object Number 1971.0004

Object Name

Spoon (Tablespoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell

Creator (Role)

Leavitt Gill (Maker)
1789-1854

Place of Origin

Hingham, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1830-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. ; ; GILL, LEAVITT

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

8.858 (L) , 1.693 (W) , 1.6579 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22.5 (L) , 4.3 (W) , 47 (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 mark, p. 192
[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. 227