Object Number 1984.0005.354

Object Name

Spoon (Teaspoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Vincent H. Beckman in memory of Elizabeth Desloge Beckman

Creator (Role)

Fessenden Bros. (Maker)
1862-1922
Fessenden & Co. was founded in Providence, Rhode Island from the year 1862 and lasted till 1922. The company manufactures sterling silver hollow ware, flatware and souvenir spoons. Piror to Fessenden & Co., the company was known as Whiting Fessenden & Cowan in the 1850s and later changed its name to to Wm.P. Fessenden & Co in the year 1858 then finally Fessenden & Company in the year 1862. http://www.chineseargent.com/home/fessendens-co

William B. Fessenden (Maker)

Place of Origin

Providence, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America

Date

1860-1867

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle back; Mark: "FESSENDEN BROS" in rectangle on handle back.
2. Inscription; Handle front; Inscr: "N.P. LANE." in script lengthwise on handle front;

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

6 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15.24 (L)

Object Description

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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