Metals
Elias Pelletreau (Maker)
Southampton, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1750-1770
Silver
Engraved
1966.0116.005
Object Number1966.0116.005 |
Spoon (Tablespoon)
Metals
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
Elias Pelletreau (Maker)
May 31, 1726-November 10, 1810
As per Flynt & Fales, Heritage Foundation Collection, pp. 296-297: Elias Pelletreau was the son of a merchant, Francis and Jane (Osborne) Pelletreau. His mother died when he was eight and his father died when he was eleven. His stepmother, Mary Pelletreau, married Hugh Gelston, a business associate of his father. Between 1748-50 Elias married Sarah Gelston, his stepsister, who died in 1784. He remarried two more times. Elias Pelletreau was a Lieutenant in the militia in 1761 and a Captain in 1765. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 10/22/2010)
See Also: Margaret Hofer, Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York, (New York Historical Society, 2011), pp. 74-75.
Southampton, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1750-1770
1. Mark; Handle, underside ; "EP" stamped in a rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, underside, end; "B / R * P" engraved
Silver
Engraved
7.953 (L) , 1.693 (W) , 2.0459 (Weight)
20.2 (L) , 4.3 (W) , 58 (Weight)
Text available soon.
[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 276, no. 240 a-f
[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