Teaspoon Maker: Luther Bradley (1772–1830)

1800–1830

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

other: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Camp Buck

Accession Number

1931.9

Geography

Made in New Haven, Connecticut

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Flatware

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Provenance
Gift in 1931 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1998), 164
  • 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. 258, no. 417
  • An Exhibition of Early Silver by New Haven Silversmiths, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: New Haven Museum and Historical Society, 1967), 34, no. 81
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

teaspoons

Marks

"L.B." in rectangle on back of handle

Inscriptions

"CCE" on front

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