Metals
Walter M. Pitkin (Maker)
Hartford, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
1849-1860
Silver
1983.0244.091
Object Number1983.0244.091 |
Spoon (Salt spoon)
Metals
Gift of Vincent H. Beckman in memory of Elizabeth Desloge Beckman
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)
Hartford, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
1849-1860
1. ; ; PITKIN, WALTER
Silver
3.62 (L)
9.21 (L)
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
[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