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Spoon (Teaspoon)
Thomas Sparrow
1770-1780
Category
Metals
Creator/Artist/Maker
Thomas Sparrow (Maker)
Place of Origin
Annapolis; Maryland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Silver
Museum Object Number
1962.0240.149
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell
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Object Number
1962.0240.149
Object Name
Spoon (Teaspoon)
Category
Metals - Ineson-Bissell Collection
Creator (Role)
Thomas Sparrow (Maker)
Place of Origin
Annapolis; Maryland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Per Belden (see References): Origin also possibly Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 07/21/2010)
Date
1770-1780
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Handle, underside
Inscription: "[T·S]" stamped in a rectangle with clipped corners
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Birds
Materials
- Silver
Dimensions (inches)
0.827 (W) x 4.843 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.1 (W) x 12.3 (L)
Dimensions (oz)
0.2469
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. 467-488Book: Pleasants, Jacob Hall & Sill, Howard. 1930 Maryland silversmiths, 1715-1830 : with illustrations of their silver and their marks and with a facsimile of The design book of William Faris. 324 p.
• Information on maker, pp. 67-71Book: Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on maker and example mark, p. 388Book: Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds & Harper, Ann Boyce. 1975 Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. 204 p.
• Information on maker and example mark, p. 196