Object Number 1962.0240.669

Object Name

Spoon

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell

Creator (Role)

Thomas Sargeant (Maker)
1773-1834

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

As per previous cataloguer: Origin: Springfield, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

Date

1805-1815

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "T.SARGEANT." stamped in a rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "MP" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

5.748 (L) , 0.945 (W) , 0.3527 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

14.6 (L) , 2.4 (W) , 10 (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.
• Example marks, brief background information, sources, p. 372
[Book] Flynt, Henry N. & Fales, Martha Gandy. 1968 The Heritage Collection of Silver: With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. 391 p.
• Brief biography, p. 319-320