Object Number 1998.0004.1072

Object Name

Spoon (Dessert spoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

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

Creator (Role)

Joseph Hicks (Maker)

Place of Origin

Exeter, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

Exeter's Assay office closed in 1883, but no apparent assay mark was placed on this spoon.

Date

1794-1793

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "JH," stamped within a rectangle
2. Mark; Handle, underside; Profile head, within a square with clipped corners
3. Mark; Handle, underside; Lion passant gardant, within a rectangle
4. Mark; Handle, underside; "U," within a square

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

6.772 (L) , 1.378 (W) , 1.0935 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

17.2 (L) , 3.5 (W) , 31 (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] Wyler, Seymour B. 1937 The Book of Old Silver: English, American, and Foreign. 401 p.
• Maker biography, p. 183. See Parties Module for more information.
[Book] Jackson, Charles James. English Goldsmiths and their Marks: A History of the Goldsmiths and Plate Workers of England, Scotland, and Ireland. 747 p.
• "U" mark, p. 337.