1966.0116.005 Silver Spoon upper surface
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Spoon (Tablespoon)

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Elias Pelletreau (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Southampton, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1750-1770

  • Materials:

    Silver

  • Techniques:

    Engraved

  • Museum Object Number:

    1966.0116.005


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Object Number

1966.0116.005

Object Name

Spoon (Tablespoon)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

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.

Place of Origin

Southampton, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1750-1770

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside ; "EP" stamped in a rectangle
2. Inscription; Handle, underside, end; "B / R * P" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

7.953 (L) , 1.693 (W) , 2.0459 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.2 (L) , 4.3 (W) , 58 (Weight)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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