Object Number 1962.0240.1022

Object Name

Spoon (Tablespoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell

Creator (Role)

Ephraim Cobb (Maker)
12/08/1708-09/06/1775

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

As per previous cataloguer: Origin: Boston and Plymouth, Massachusetts

Date

1735-1750

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "ECobb" stamped in a rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, underside, end; "E F / to / S T" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

7.953 (L) , 1.654 (W) , 1.164 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.2 (L) , 4.2 (W) , 33 (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