Object Number 1962.0240.394

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell

Creator (Role)

Isaac C. Lewis (Maker)
10/19/1812
Isaac Lewis apprenticed with Hiram Yale at Wallingford, Connecticut. In 1834 he opened a shop with George Cowles in East Meriden. The company name changed to Lewis and Curtis in 1836 when Lemuel J. Curtis replaced Cowles. In 1839 the company was reorganized again when Lewis took on Daniel B. Wells, a former apprentice, and it was called I.C. Lewis & Company. This company was eventually absorbed into Meriden Britanna Company in 1852, of which Lewis was the president. For more on Isaac Lewis's marks, see Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.2, p.106; Kauffman, The American Pewterer (1970), p.146; and C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.265. See also Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.128 and Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.136.

Place of Origin

Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

As per previous cataloguer: Origin also Huntington, Connecticut.

Date

1810-1830

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "I·LEWIS" stamped within a rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "MB" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

6.22 (L) , 0.591 (W) , 0.564 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15.8 (L) , 1.5 (W) , 16 (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