Metals
Shepherd & Boyd (Maker)
Albany, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1820-1829
Silver
Engraved
1968.0143.004
Object Number1968.0143.004 |
Spoon
Metals
Museum purchase
Shepherd & Boyd (Maker)
1806-1830
Belden, Marks of American Silversmiths. 1781-1853, Albany, NY. Directories: 1806-30, Shepherd & Boyd; 1813-29, silver & gold. Advertisements: Albany Gazette, 1805, gold, silver, & jewlery. Notes: Apprenticed with William Boyd to Isaac Hutton.
Shepherd & Boyd --
Advertisements: Albany Gazette, 1825, jewelry, mfr of silver spoons, jappanned goods. Notes: Bill of sale, 1806, to Garret van Schaick. Made funeral spoon in memory of Col. Philip P. Schulyer, who died June 3, 1808. Bill of sale 1814 for chambersticks engraved AS for Anne Stevenson. Bill of sale for 1815, for marrow spoon, pudding dish, & knife for Pierre van Cortlandt II. Made flagon & pair of beakers in 1817 for Reformed Dutch Protestant Church, Albany. Account Book 1809-17.
Albany, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1820-1829
1. Mark; Handle, underside; "SHEPHERD [& BOYD]" stamped in a serrated rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "MA[S or T]" engraved
Silver
Engraved
7.205 (L) , 1.378 (W) , 1.0935 (Weight)
18.3 (L) , 3.5 (W) , 31 (Weight)
Text available soon.
[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