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Object Description
| Brief description | Coin silver spoon marked by Joseph R. Treat, Milwaukee, 1848-1868. |
| Object name | Spoon |
| Alternate object name | Teaspoon |
| Maker | Treat, Joseph R., 1810-1868 |
| Date | 1848-1868 |
| Dimensions | 5 1/2" L |
| Materials and techniques | Engraved coin silver |
| Marks | Stamped on back of handle: "Milwaukie" and "J. R. Treat" |
| Original location | Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
| Current location | Wisconsin |
| Description | Coin silver spoon engraved with the monogram "MLC" |
| History | Joseph Randolph Treat is listed as a merchant in the 1850 federal census for Milwaukee's Third Ward. He was born in Monroe County, New York in 1810. The family lived in Toronto, Canada and Michigan before settling permanently in Milwaukee in the late 1830s or early 1840s. According to the Pioneer History of Milwaukee (1884), Treat acquired the "jewelry and Yankee notions" store operated by the firm of Daggett and Richardson on East Water Street in 1848. At the first Wisconsin State Agricultural Convention in 1851, Treat exhibited "an assortment of jewelry" and received an award for "best gold watch". |
| Sources | Transactions of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, vol. 1 (Madison: Beriah Brown, 1852), pp. 58 and 89; available online via Google Books (accessed March 2, 2011): http://books.google.com/books?id=RUMZAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false; James S. Buck, Pioneer History of Milwaukee: Milwaukee Under the Charter v. 3 (Milwaukee: Symes, Swain, and Co., 1884), p. 140 John Harvey Treat, The Treat family: A Genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat for fifteen generations (Salem, MA: Salem Press Publishing, 1893), pp. 73-4; available online via Google Books (accessed March 2, 2011): http://books.google.com/books?id=qzcEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false |
| Owner | Private Collection |
| Rights | The artifact illustrated here is privately owned. Images of and information about the artifact are made available by the Wisconsin Historical Society for educational purposes. The images and information may be viewed, downloaded and printed by individuals for personal use, research or teaching purposes, or other fair use as defined by U.S. copyright law. All other uses are strictly prohibited without prior written permission from the Wisconsin Historical Society. For more information, see http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/copyright.asp |
| Digital collection | Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database |
| Digital identifier | PC078 |
| Digital format | XML |
| Type | Physical object |
| Keywords | Metalwork; Spoon; Flatware; Equipment; Tools and equipment; Furnishings and equipment; Food Service Tools and Equipment |
| Date digitized | 2009-12-22 |
| Date modified | 2011-03-14 |
Description
| Object name | Spoon: full view |
| Digital collection | Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database |
| Digital identifier | PC078a |
| Digital format | image/jpeg |
| Type | Physical object |
| Date digitized | 2009-12-22 |
| Date modified | 2009-12-22 |
