Six Teaspoons Maker: E. Benjamin and Company (American, active 1840–47)

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ca. 1830–40

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

5 1/2 in. (14 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Susie Merwin Cochrane in memory of Everard Benjamin (1807-1874)

Accession Number

1932.1182

Geography

Made in New Haven, Connecticut

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Flatware

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Gift in 1932 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 1, p. 267, no. 449
  • An Exhibition of Early Silver by New Haven Silversmiths, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: New Haven Museum and Historical Society, 1967), 55, no. 158
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

teaspoons

Marks

"E. BENJAMIN & CO" incised on back of handle

Inscriptions

"SH" monogram engraved on front of handle

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