Object Number 1984.0005.220

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Vincent H. Beckman in memory of Elizabeth Desloge Beckman

Creator (Role)

Prisca Levan Mannerback (Maker)
October 4, 1807-December 26, 1870

Place of Origin

Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1854-1857

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, back; "L MANNERBACK" stamped in a rectangle
2. Mark; Handle, back; "READING." stamped in a rectangle
3. Inscription; Handle, back; "JSL" in foliate script engraved crosswise

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

5.37 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.65 (L)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] West, Terry Royal. 2010 "The Mannerbacks: Reading's Master Silversmiths, 1785-1870". Historical Review of Berks County. 75 (2)
• Information on marks and biography of maker, pp. 83-90
[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.
• Information on maker, p. 286