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Spoon (Teaspoon)
Barnabas Webb
1750-1770
Category
Metals
Creator/Artist/Maker
Barnabas Webb (Maker)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Silver
Museum Object Number
1962.0240.590
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell
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Object Number
1962.0240.590
Object Name
Spoon (Teaspoon)
Category
Metals - Ineson-Bissell Collection
Creator (Role)
Barnabas Webb (Maker)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
As per previous cataloguer: Barnabas Webb: in Boston 1756-1786; in Thomaston ME 1786-1795.
Date
1750-1770
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Handle, underside
Inscription: "BW" stamped within a rectangle
Type: Inscription
Location: Handle, underside, end
Inscription: "H*S" engraved
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Silver
Techniques
- Engraved
Dimensions (inches)
0.866 (W) x 4.094 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.2 (W) x 10.4 (L)
Dimensions (oz)
0.2822
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Flynt, Henry N. & Fales, Martha Gandy. 1968 The Heritage Collection of Silver: With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. 391 p.
• Information on maker, p. 352Book: Ensko, Stephen G. C. 1948 American Silversmiths and Their Marks III. 285 p.
• Information on B. Woodcock, pp. 145, 161Book: Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• An illustrated glossary of spoon terms, pp. 467-488