Metals
Shepherd & Boyd (Maker)
Albany, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1806-1820
Silver
Engraved
1968.0138.002
Object Number1968.0138.002 |
Spoon (Serving spoon)
Metals
Museum purchase
Shepherd & Boyd (Maker)
1806-1830
Belden, Marks of American Silversmiths. 1781-1853, Albany, NY. Directories: 1806-30, Shepherd & Boyd; 1813-29, silver & gold. Advertisements: Albany Gazette, 1805, gold, silver, & jewlery. Notes: Apprenticed with William Boyd to Isaac Hutton.
Shepherd & Boyd --
Advertisements: Albany Gazette, 1825, jewelry, mfr of silver spoons, jappanned goods. Notes: Bill of sale, 1806, to Garret van Schaick. Made funeral spoon in memory of Col. Philip P. Schulyer, who died June 3, 1808. Bill of sale 1814 for chambersticks engraved AS for Anne Stevenson. Bill of sale for 1815, for marrow spoon, pudding dish, & knife for Pierre van Cortlandt II. Made flagon & pair of beakers in 1817 for Reformed Dutch Protestant Church, Albany. Account Book 1809-17.
Albany, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1806-1820
1. Mark; Handle, underside; "SHEPHERD & BOYD" stamped in a serrated rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "MAT" engraved
Silver
Engraved
13.386 (L) , 2.087 (W) , 4.1271 (Weight)
34 (L) , 5.3 (W) , 117 (Weight)
Text available soon.
[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