Object Number 1962.0240.1514

Object Name

Spoon (Tablespoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell

Creator (Role)

Geer Terry (Maker)
August 21, 1775-May 25, 1858

Place of Origin

Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

As per previous cataloguer: Origin Worcester, MA and Enfield, CT.

Date

1810-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "TERRY" stamped within a stepped rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "AC" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

9.094 (L) , 1.654 (W) , 1.6932 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

23.1 (L) , 4.2 (W) , 48 (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 of mark and information on maker, p. 406, fig. b
[Book] Bohan, Peter & Hammerslough, Philip H. 1970 Early Conneticut SIlver 1700-1840. 288 p.
• Brief information on maker, p. 254
[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 and example marks, pp. 336-337
[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 310, no. 280