Object Number 1971.0130

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Bissell Fund

Creator (Role)

Saunders Pitman (Maker)
1732-1808

Place of Origin

Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America

Date

1796-1802

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "PITMAN" stamped in a rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "NM" engraved
3. Inscription; Handle, underside, end; "71.130" incised

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

5.197 (L) , 0.984 (W) , 0.4233 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.2 (L) , 2.5 (W) , 12 (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] 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 Saunders Pitman, p. 300
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on the maker and examples of marks, p. 338.