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Spoon (Teaspoon)
Prisca Levan Mannerback
1854-1857
Category
Metals
Creator/Artist/Maker
Prisca Levan Mannerback (Maker)
Place of Origin
Reading; Pennsylvania; Berks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Silver
Museum Object Number
1984.0005.220
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Vincent H. Beckman in memory of Elizabeth Desloge Beckman
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Object Number
1984.0005.220
Object Name
Spoon (Teaspoon)
Category
Metals - Ineson-Bissell Collection
Creator (Role)
Prisca Levan Mannerback (Maker)
Place of Origin
Reading; Pennsylvania; Berks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1854-1857
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Handle, back
Inscription: "L MANNERBACK" stamped in a rectangle
Type: Mark
Location: Handle, back
Inscription: "READING." stamped in a rectangle
Type: Inscription
Location: Handle, back
Inscription: "JSL" in foliate script engraved crosswise
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Silver
Dimensions (inches)
5.37 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.65 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: West, Terry Royal. 2010 "The Mannerbacks: Reading's Master Silversmiths, 1785-1870". Historical Review of Berks County. 75 (2)
• Information on marks and biography of maker, pp. 83-90Book: Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• An illustrated glossary of spoon terms, pp. 467-488Book: Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on maker, p. 286