Object Number 1974.0086

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Ineson-Bissell Fund

Creator (Role)

Benjamin Lord (Maker)
1770-April 23, 1843

Place of Origin

Rutland, Vermont, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

As per Belden (see References): Benjamin Lord worked in several places including Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Rutland, Vermont, and Athens, Georgia. (L. Jones, cataloguer, 6/23/10)

Date

1797-1808

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. ; ; LORD, BENJAMIN

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

6.31 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

16.03 (L)

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 mark and information on maker, p. 276
[Book] Flynt, Henry N. & Fales, Martha Gandy. 1968 The Heritage Collection of Silver: With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. 391 p.
• Information on maker, pp. 267-268