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Spoon (Teaspoon)
Stephen Morse
1770-1800
Category
Metals
Creator/Artist/Maker
Stephen Morse (Maker)
Materials
- Silver
Museum Object Number
1998.0004.409
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of the Trust for the Benefit of Richard Tousey and Others
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Object Number
1998.0004.409
Object Name
Spoon (Teaspoon)
Category
Metals - Ineson-Bissell Collection, The Richard and Ruth Tousey Collection
Creator (Role)
Stephen Morse (Maker)
Origin Notes
As per Flynt & Fales (see References): Stephen Morse worked in multiple places including Portsmouth and Concord, New Hampshire and Newbury and Boston, Massachusetts. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 11/04/2009)
Date
1770-1800
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Handle, underside
Inscription: "MORSE" stamped in a rectangle
Type: Inscription
Location: Handle, upper surface, end
Inscription: "LM" engraved
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Silver
Techniques
- Engraved
Dimensions (inches)
0.906 (W) x 5.591 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.3 (W) x 14.2 (L)
Dimensions (oz)
0.3527
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 Stephen Morse (Morss), p. 279