Spoon (Tablespoon)

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    N. & T. Foster (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1823-1860

  • Materials:

    Silver

  • Museum Object Number:

    1983.0244.223


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1983.0244.223

Object Name

Spoon (Tablespoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Vincent H. Beckman in memory of Elizabeth Desloge Beckman

Creator (Role)

N. & T. Foster (Maker)

Place of Origin

Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1823-1860

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. ; ; FOSTER, N.

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

8.87 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22.54 (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.
Example marks, brief background information, sources, p. 176, fig. a
[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 Thomas Foster and Nathaniel Foster, pp. 220-221