Metals
Bancroft Woodcock (Silversmith)
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Silver
Wrought, Cast
1961.0650
Object Number1961.0650 |
Cream pot (Creamer)
Metals
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
Bancroft Woodcock (Silversmith)
1732-1817
As per Fennimore, Delaware Silver, p. 313: "Bancroft Woodcock is arguably Delaware's best known and most celebrated silversmith."
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1. Mark; Underside, corner (2); " B·WOODCOCK" with a pellet, stamped in a rectangle with wavy edges
2. Inscription; Underside, corner (1); "1789" incised
3. Inscription; Underside, corner (3); "1785 / [ca] / Ge" incised
Silver
Wrought, Cast
6.811 (H) , 5.315 (L) , 2.717 (W) , 7.4428 (Weight)
17.3 (H) , 13.5 (L) , 6.9 (W) , 211 (Weight)
Text available soon.
[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: pp. 476-477, no. 510
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on maker and example marks, p. 454, fig. a
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. & Bartlett, Louisa D. 2008 Delaware Silver the Col. Kenneth P. & Regina I. Brown Collection. 355 p.
• Information on maker, p. 348