Object Number 1967.0187

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Bissell Fund

Creator (Role)

Zebulon Smith (Maker)
1786-December 27, 1865
Louis Conway Belden. Marks of American Silversmiths. Zebulon Smith, 1786-1865. Bangor & Ellsworth, Maine. Directories: Bangor, 1834-48, jeweler. Ellsworth, N.E. Mercantile Union Business Directory, 1849 & N.E. Business Directory, 1865. Advertisement: Bangor Daily Whig, aug. 5 1835, dissolution of firm of Smith & Clapp (Amasa L.) Notes: Bangor Map of 1820 includes Z. Smith jewlery store. Working in 1846 as Smith & Skerry (Hnery F.).

Place of Origin

Maine, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

As per previous cataloguer: Origin: Possibly Maine

Date

1810-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "[Z]·SMITH" stamped in a serrated rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "GW" or "SW" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

5.866 (L) , 1.063 (W) , 0.388 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

14.9 (L) , 2.7 (W) , 11 (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, p. 386-387
[Book] Currier, Ernest M. 1938 Marks of Early American Silversmiths: With Notes on Silver, Spoon Types & List of New York City Silversmiths 1815-1841. 179 p.
• Example of mark and some background information, p. 132
[Book] Flynt, Henry N. & Fales, Martha Gandy. 1968 The Heritage Collection of Silver: With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. 391 p.
• Biographical information and example of marks, p. 326