Spoon (Teaspoon)

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Richard Lee Sr. (Possible maker)

    Richard Lee Jr. (Possible maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1788-1820

  • Materials:

    Pewter

  • Techniques:

    Cast

  • Museum Object Number:

    1960.0101


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1960.0101

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Richard Lee Sr. (Possible maker)
01/27/1747-1823
Richard Lee Sr was the father of Richard Lee Jr, also a pewterer. Richard Lee,Sr. was the eldest boy in a family of 16 children. He served several enlistments during the Revolutionary War. In 1802, Richard Lee returned to Springfield, Vermont where he married for the third time and peddled pewter and brass for his son. Throughout his life, Richard moved frequently and tried his hand at a number of professions, pewtering being just one of them. It appears that he learned the pewtering business in order to provide his son, Richard Lee Jr, with a living(Laughlin, Pewter in America, vol.1, p.121-122). For more on Richard Lee Sr's marks, see C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.265; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.136; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.224. See also Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.125 and Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.1, p.121-122.

Richard Lee Jr. (Possible maker)
05/06/1775
Richard Lee Jr was the son of Richard Lee Sr, also a pewterer. For more on Richard Lee Jr's marks, see C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.265; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.125-127; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.224. See also Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.1, p.121-124 and Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.136.

Place of Origin

Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin is probably Springfield, Vermont per previous cataloguer (2006).

Date

1788-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle; "R LEE" in a rectangle, stamped

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

4.685 (L) , 0.811 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

11.9 (L) , 2.06 (W)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
Published: fig. 10-6, p. 162
[Book] Laughlin, Ledlie Irwin. 1970 Pewter in America: Its Makers and Their Marks. I thru III.
Vol. III, p.80, refers to a spoon that is probably this one. Pl. XC, fig. 757 and discussed p. 80.