Object Number 1998.0004.3485

Object Name

Spoon (Tablespoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of the Trust for the Benefit of Richard Tousey and Others

Creator (Role)

Benjamin Burt (Maker)
December 29, 1729-1805
Son of silversmiths John Burt and the brother of Samuel and William Burt. He married Joan Hooton in 1754. [Source: Patricia Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers]

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1745-1800

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "B[B]URT" stamped within a rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "B T * R" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

7.913 (L) , 1.654 (W) , 1.5168 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.1 (L) , 4.2 (W) , 43 (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 Benjamin Burt and example marks, pp. 89-90, fig. e
[Book] Kane, Patricia E. 1998 Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers. 1241.
• Work history for Benjamin Burt.
[Book] Flynt, Henry N. & Fales, Martha Gandy. 1968 The Heritage Collection of Silver: With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. 391 p.
• Biographical information on Benjamin Burt, p. 173