Spoon Maker: Samuel Bell (American, 1798–1882)

1851/52–60

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

L. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm), 13 dwt. (21 g)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert V. Hunt, great-great-grandson of Samuel Bell

Accession Number

2020.48.2

Geography

Made in San Antonio, Texas

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Flatware

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Provenance
Jessup Bell (1837-1918), San Antonio, Texas; by descent to his daughter Mrs. Eduardo Mauricio Villareal (née Mary Digges Bell) (1883–1975), San Antonio and later Napoleon, Mexico; by descent to her daughter Mrs. Carl Hopkins Hunt (née Dolores Villareal) (1910–2005) Monterrey, Mexico, later Dallas; by descent to her son Robert V. Hunt (born 1956), Dallas; gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2020
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

spoons

Marks

"S. BELL," Roman, in rectangle, on back of handle

Inscriptions

Engraved with the letter “B” likely for a member of the Bell family

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