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akgdc Posts: 289 |
posted 01-14-2002 06:46 PM
  
Does anyone know: when were the earliest American spoons with a shell drop on the back of the bowl? IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 01-14-2002 07:29 PM
The earliest I have seen are a pair of teaspoons by Thomas Edwards, dated at 1723, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection. They also have a tea by Nathaniel Morse, 1732, and a mote spoon by John Burt, c 1730. The examples I know at Yale and the Huntington Library date to 1740-1750. I don't know if Winterthur has any earlier, but Belden shows one by Samuel Edwards, no date given, but c 1740. IP: Logged |
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akgdc Posts: 289 |
posted 01-14-2002 07:42 PM
Thanks, wev. I just acquired one with an early-seeming form -- oval bowl, upturned handle end, rather crude long stem -- and an emaciated-looking shell on the drop. I was puzzled because I thought shells didn't appear until the 1760s or 1770s. But in any case perhaps what I have is a crudely made later spoon. Unfortunately there are no marks. IP: Logged |
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posted 01-15-2002 09:19 AM
Here's a harder question to answer: why was the style so popular on this side of the Atlantic? IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 01-15-2002 06:04 PM
The shell was a favorite motif on with colonial and post colonial craftsman of all kinds. It is found in furniture, metalwork, ceramics, etc. That said, I don't know that it was any more popular than other swage forms in silver. A quick run through Buhler's Boston and Yale catalogs and the new Huntington Collection finds only half a dozen examples against two dozen bird and florals. This doesn't prove anything, of course, but might be indicative. Personally, I have seen more bird backs of one kind or another than shells from the same period. IP: Logged |
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