Object Number 1973.0149

Object Name

Spoon (Tablespoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Ineson-Bissell Fund

Creator (Role)

William Gale & Son (Maker)

Guy Loomis (Merchant)
February 20, 1795-September 20, 1874
As per Flynt & Fales, Heritage Foundation Collection, p. 267: Guy Loomis is the son of Nider and Anna (Anderson) Loomis. He married Nancy Baker on on November 11, 1844. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 12/03/2010)

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

As per Registration Files: Sold in Erie, PA by Guy Loomis. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 12/03/2010)

Date

1852-1858

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "G. LOOMIS" stamped incuse
2. Mark; Handle, underside; "ERIE" stamped incuse
3. Mark; Handle, underside; "G / & / S" stamped in an ellipse
4. Mark; Handle, underside; Pellet stamped in a conforming outline
5. Mark; Handle, underside; "1 / 52 / 8" stamped in a diamond

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

8.31 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21.11 (L)

Measurement Notes

As per a previous cataloguer (before 6/1/10): Size in cm's: OL: 21.15cm

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Turner, Noel D. 1972 American Silver Flatware 1837-1910. 473 p.
• Image of Marlborough pattern by Reed & Barton, p. 107
[Book] Turner, Noel D. 1972 American Silver Flatware 1837-1910. 473 p.
• Image of Albert pattern by Henry Wilkinson & Co., c. 1855, p. 70
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on maker and example mark, p. 181, fig. b
[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] Darling, Herbert. 1964 New York State Silversmiths. 228 p.
• Information on William Gale and William Gale Jr. and their firms, p. 82
[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 Guy Loomis and example of mark, p. 267