Object Number 1962.0240.664

Object Name

Spoon

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell

Creator (Role)

Thomas Sparrow (Maker)
1746

Place of Origin

Annapolis, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

As per previous cataloguer: Origin: Annapolis, Maryland; possibly Philadelphia, PA. (penciled in).

Date

1764-1770

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "[T]S" stamped in a rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "M+M" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

4.449 (L) , 0.866 (W) , 0.2822 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

11.3 (L) , 2.2 (W) , 8 (Weight)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Pleasants, Jacob Hall & Sill, Howard. 1930 Maryland silversmiths, 1715-1830 : with illustrations of their silver and their marks and with a facsimile of The design book of William Faris. 324 p.
• Information on maker, pp. 67-71
[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