Object Number 1962.0240.1544

Object Name

Spoon (Tablespoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell

Creator (Role)

Bancroft Woodcock (Silversmith)
1732-1817
As per Fennimore, Delaware Silver, p. 313: "Bancroft Woodcock is arguably Delaware's best known and most celebrated silversmith."

Place of Origin

Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1754-1760

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "B·W" stamped in a rectangle with wavy edges
2. Mark; Handle, underside; "B·W" stamped in a rectangle with wavy edges
3. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "L / H*M" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

8.15 (L) , 1.654 (W) , 1.8342 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.7 (L) , 4.2 (W) , 52 (Weight)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 479, no. 513
[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.
• 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