Object Number 1970.0455

Object Name

Spoon (Tablespoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Bissell Fund

Creator (Role)

Walter M. Pitkin (Maker)
1808-1885
As per Rainwater, Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers, p. 249: Walter M. Pitkin and John Owen Pitkin are brothers. They are distant cousins of Horace Edwards Pitkin and William Leonard Pitkin. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 03/04/2011)

Place of Origin

Hartford, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Date

1825-1850

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

8.031 (L) , 1.575 (W) , 1.0229 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.4 (L) , 4 (W) , 29 (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. 337, Fig. a
[Book] McGrew, John R. 2004 Manufacturers' Marks on American Coin Silver. 176.
• Background information, p. 50