Object Number 1998.0004.213

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of the Trust for the Benefit of Richard Tousey and Others

Creator (Role)

Whiting Manufacturing Co. (Maker)

Harwood Brothers (Merchant)

Place of Origin

North Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

As per Tousey: The Harwood Brothers firm possibly worked in Boston, Massachusetts. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 6/1/2009) Previous creation place North Attleboro, Massachusetts. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 11/21/2009)

Date

1887-1900

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "W" stamped in a circle flanked by two sets of three extending lines
2. Mark; Handle, underside; "STERLING" stamped incuse
3. Mark; Handle, underside; "PAT'D SEPT.27.1887" stamped incuse
4. Mark; Handle, underside; "HARWOOD BROTHERS" stamped incuse
5. Inscription; Handle, underside, end; "HMG" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

5.906 (L) , 1.26 (W) , 0.7408 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15 (L) , 3.2 (W) , 21 (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
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Example marks, brief background information, sources, pp. 442-443
[Book] Rainwater, Dorothy T. & Redfield, Judy. 1998 Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers. 418 p.
• Biographical information on Whiting Manufacturing Co., pp. 368-369
[Book] Turner, Noel D. 1972 American Silver Flatware 1837-1910. 473 p.
• Examples of handle patterns, p. 125