Metals
Bancroft Woodcock (Silversmith)
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1754-1775
Silver
Engraved, Wrought, Cast
1961.0693.001
Object Number1961.0693.001 |
Cann
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
1754-1775
1. Mark; Underside, center; "B·W" with a pellet, stamped in a rectangle with wavy edges
2. Inscription; Body, exterior, side; "M\C/_. K" with a superscript "C", engraved
3. Inscription; Underside; "61.693.1" incised
Armorial device
Silver
Engraved, Wrought, Cast
5.315 (H) , 4.921 (L) , 3.346 (W) , 15.062 (Weight)
13.5 (H) , 12.5 (L) , 8.5 (W) , 427 (Weight)
Text available soon.
[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 472, no. 504
[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. b
[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