Object Number 1979.0136.002

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Young

Creator (Role)

Charles Rozhon (Maker)

Luther Boardman (Design inspiration)
12/26/1812-03/29/1887
Luther Boardman apprenticed with Ashbil Griswold in Meriden. He operated a shop for Burrage Yale in South Reading, Massachusetts by 1833, and was made proprietor in 1836. He left South Reading for Meriden, Connecticut in 1837, where he went into business with his former associate James A. Frary (Luther married James's daughter Lydia). The partnership was known as Frary and Boardman until December 6, 1838. At some point before that date, Luther and his wife went to live with Ira Couch, with whom Luther probably worked until July 2, 1839. On that date, he recorded the formation of Luther Boardman & Co in Chester, Connecticut. He moved to East Haddam, Connecticut in 1841, where he became known for producing britannia spoons. Luther's trade card advertises "Buff spoons, Coffee Pots, Tea Pots, Castors, Lamps, Shaving Boxes, Tumblers, Porringers, Coffin Plates &c." For more on Luther Boardman and Luther Boardman & Co's marks, see Laughlin, Petwer in America (1981), vol.2, p.97; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.38; and C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.240. See also Laughlin, Pewter in America, vol.3, p.176-177; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.140; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.216.

Place of Origin

Westbrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Date

1842-1979

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Back of shaft; "C R PEWTER" stamped incuse in capitals.

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

4.134 (L) , 0.787 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

10.5 (L) , 2 (W)

Object Description

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