Object Number 1965.1462

Object Name

Ladle

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Simeon Stedman (Maker)
05/25/1782-1842
Simeon maried Sally Boardman (sister of Thomas and Sherman Boardman) on November 24, 1808. After splitting time between Hartford, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts, he moved to Springfield permanently around 1825 (Laughlin, vol.3, p.89-90). For more on Simeon Stedman's marks, C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.279 and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.227. See also Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p165.

Place of Origin

Hartford, Connecticut, United States, North America

Origin Notes

The creation place was identified Hartford by Montgomery; the origin previously identified as Rhode Island by a previous cataloguer.

Date

1818-1825

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Back of handle; "S STEDMAN", stamped

Materials

Pewter; Wood

Techniques

Cast, Turned

Dimensions (inches)

13.937 (H) , 3.563 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.4 (H) , 9.05 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
• Published: fig. 10-14, p. 167