Object Number 1989.0013.094

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Constance Andrew Jones

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

1754-1794

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. ; ; WOODCOCK, BANCROFT

Subjects

Birds

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

5.157 (L) , 0.984 (W) , 0.4233 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.1 (L) , 2.5 (W) , 12 (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.
• 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