Object Number 1962.0240.194

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell

Creator (Role)

Robert Johnson Brown (Maker)
1790-1820

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1809-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; "DAVI8&BROWN" with an "8" for the "S", stamped in a rectangle with a slightly wavy upper edge
2. Inscription; Handle, upper surface, end; "MA" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

5.709 (L) , 1.063 (W) , 0.388 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

14.5 (L) , 2.7 (W) , 11 (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] Flynt, Henry N. & Fales, Martha Gandy. 1968 The Heritage Collection of Silver: With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. 391 p.
• Biographical information on Robert Johnson Brown, p. 168