Object Number 1962.0240.611

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell

Creator (Role)

William Ward I (Maker)
1736-1826

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

As per previous cataloguer: Origin both Litchfield and New Haven, CT.

Date

1757-1760

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "WWard" stamped within a cartouche
2. Inscription; Handle, underside, end; "EW" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

4.37 (L) , 0.945 (W) , 0.2469 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

11.1 (L) , 2.4 (W) , 7 (Weight)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Flynt, Henry N. & Fales, Martha Gandy. 1968 The Heritage Collection of Silver: With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. 391 p.
• Information on maker, p. 351
[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