Metals
Isaac C. Lewis (Maker)
Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
1810-1830
Silver
Engraved
1962.0240.394
Object Number1962.0240.394 |
Spoon (Teaspoon)
Metals
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell
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.
Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
As per previous cataloguer: Origin also Huntington, Connecticut.
1810-1830
1. Mark; Handle, underside; "I·LEWIS" stamped within a rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "MB" engraved
Silver
Engraved
6.22 (L) , 0.591 (W) , 0.564 (Weight)
15.8 (L) , 1.5 (W) , 16 (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