Object Number 1977.0168

Object Name

Pitcher (Cream or milk pitcher or pot)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Dr. Leslie N. Gay

Creator (Role)

Bancroft Woodcock (Maker)
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

1793

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Footrim, exterior, edge; "B·WOODCOCK" stamped in a conforming rectangle
2. Inscription; Body, exterior, side; "JLT" engraved
3. Inscription; Footrim, exterior, edge; "1793" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Wrought, Molded, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

6.142 (H) , 4.055 (L) , 2.756 (W) , 6.8784 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15.6 (H) , 10.3 (L) , 7 (W) , 195 (Weight)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 477, no. 511
[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