1995.0033 Spoon, view 1
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Spoon

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Daniel Curtiss (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1835-1840

  • Materials:

    Silver

  • Museum Object Number:

    1995.0033


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1995.0033

Object Name

Spoon

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of William J. Flather

Creator (Role)

Daniel Curtiss (Maker)
1799-September 1872
Daniel Curtiss is listed in the Albany city directories as a fancy pewterer begining in 1822. In 1843 his advertising indicated that he would work in cast iron, brass, and composition castings. Curtiss seems to have stopped making pewter in 1850, though he continued as a bell-founder until his death. Curtiss was born in 1799 or 1800. For more on Daniel Curtiss's marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.59; Kauffman, The American Pewterer (1970), p.137; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.127; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.248; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.219. See also, Laughlin, Pewter in America (1973), vol.1, p.32-33 and p.100; J.B. Kerfoot, American Pewter (1942), p.132.

Place of Origin

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

Date

1835-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. ; ; CURTIS, DANIEL

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

3.87 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

9.84 (L)

Object Description

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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.
Information on Daniel Curtiss' partnerships, pp. 127-128
[Book] Flynt, Henry N. & Fales, Martha Gandy. 1968 The Heritage Collection of Silver: With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. 391 p.
Biographical information on Daniel Curtiss, p. 194
[Book] Bohan, Peter & Hammerslough, Philip H. 1970 Early Conneticut SIlver 1700-1840. 288 p.
Information on Daniel Curtiss and his partnerships, p. 231