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Spoon (Teaspoon)
Saunders Pitman
1796-1802
Category
Metals
Creator/Artist/Maker
Saunders Pitman (Maker)
Place of Origin
Providence; Rhode Island; Providence; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Silver
Museum Object Number
1971.0130
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Bissell Fund
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Object Number
1971.0130
Object Name
Spoon (Teaspoon)
Category
Metals - Ineson-Bissell Collection
Creator (Role)
Saunders Pitman (Maker)
Place of Origin
Providence; Rhode Island; Providence; New England; United States; North America
Date
1796-1802
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Handle, underside
Inscription: "PITMAN" stamped in a rectangle
Type: Inscription
Location: Handle, upper surface, end
Inscription: "NM" engraved
Type: Inscription
Location: Handle, underside, end
Inscription: "71.130" incised
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Silver
Techniques
- Engraved
Dimensions (inches)
0.984 (W) x 5.197 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.5 (W) x 13.2 (L)
Dimensions (oz)
0.4233
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: 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 Saunders Pitman, p. 300Book: Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on the maker and examples of marks, p. 338.