The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry
Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735
302-888-4600 or
800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Creator:
Title: Papers
Dates: 1931-1960, 1935-1942 (bulk)
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 76x168
Quantity: 8 boxes
Location: 17 A 1-2
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
Stanley Bailey
Ineson was a collector of early American silver spoons. He lived in
In 1930, Ineson began collecting early American silver spoons. He amassed some 1,700 items over the next 15
years. Ineson's collection was
eventually purchased and presented to the Henry Francis du Pont
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Ineson papers
were generated in the course of building his silver collection. The bulk of the papers consists of
correspondence, including orders, inquiries, requests for appraisals, and more
general correspondence. The rest of the
collection consists of subject files, clippings, lists of silversmiths,
rubbings of touchmarks, photographs of silver, and wax impressions of touchmarks
from the backs of silver spoons.
Stanley Ineson
advertised for old silver spoons in a number of periodicals. Many of the letters here are responses to his
advertisements. They often describe
silver spoons (and other silver pieces), offering them for sale. Other letters ask Ineson to appraise
silver. Some letters record Ineson's
interaction with other avid silver collectors including George B. Cutten,
Robert Ensko, Ernest and Lavinia Currier, Charles H. Batchelder, and Irving W.
Davis.
The subject files give specific documentation to Ineson's collecting by
preserving lists of items in his collection, photographs of their touchmarks,
and fragile wax impressions of touchmarks.
Ineson's research in dating silver and identifying American silversmiths
is also made available in these papers.
ORGANIZATION
The Ineson papers
came to the Downs Collection in 1976.
They were processed some time thereafter by the manuscript library
staff. Some order was apparently imposed
on the papers at that time, with about half of the correspondence being
arranged alphabetically, while the other half was arranged chronologically. In 2008, all letters were arranged
alphabetically.
The papers were re-processed in 1989.
At this time some order was imposed on the subject files. The individual shelf numbers that had been
necessary for retrieval under the Termatrex indexing system have been noted on
the file folders so that the previous order can be restored if some reason is
found to do so, so that the Termatrex system can still be used while it is
available, and so that previously published citations to the papers using these
shelf numbers can still be interpreted.
Filed with the finding aid are four name indexes to the papers, none of
which is labeled as to exactly what is being indexed. However, one seems to be primarily an index
to the correspondents in the alphabetical files in
LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS
The materials
are in English.
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Collection is
open to the public. Copyright
restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Gift of Alfred
Bissell.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Cutten, George Barton, 1874-1962.
Ensko, Robert.
Currier, Ernest.
Currier, Lavinia.
Batchelder, Charles H.
Davis, Irving W.
Topics:
Silverwork,
Colonial - United States.
Spoons -
Silver flatware -
Correspondence.
Photoprints.
Clippings.
Rubbings.
Articles.
Drawings.
Lists.
Genealogies.
Silversmiths.
Collectors.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 17 A 1-2
Folder 1: Correspondence: A:
Abraham,
Perie J. .1201, .1663-.1665
Ackerman,
Beatrice (Mrs. Albert) .1089
Ackert [or
Arhert], Mrs. A. .1351, .1352, .2021, .2022
Akers, Mrs.
Edwin, Jr. .1283
Alexander, Mrs. Bert .1320,
.1321, .2321a-e
Alker, Henry A. .1463, .1464
Allen Antiques (Mrs. M. J. Yallowich)
.2386, .2370
Allyn, Elizabeth T. (Mrs. Carlos W.)
.1499
Anderson, David .2362
Andrews, Mary B. .1996,
.1242a-b
Andrews, Mary W. .1303-.1305
Andrews,
Andrews .1443
Anthony, Louise H. (Mrs. Mark)
.2019, .2020
Antique Club of
Arlin, Frederick Q. .1220, .1221
Asner, Norton .1984, .2008,
.2009
Austin, Aimee S. (Mrs. Fred W.)
.1341
Ayer, Mary O. (Mrs.
Folder 2: Andrews, Celeste B. (Mrs. Jesse) (
.1193,
.1194, .1377-.1379, .1441, .1995, .1997-.1999, .2005-.2007, .2010, .2023-.2025,
.2027-.2032, .2405-.2407)
Folder 3: Correspondence: B
Bacon, Grace
M. (Mrs. F. W.) .1779
Bacon,
Reginald S. .1195, .1219
Badger, J.
(or F.) H. .1124
Bailey,
Harold C. .1123
Baird,
Blanche M. .2333a
Barkalow,
Denise .1384, .1385, .1466, .1595,
.2339a-b, .2016
Barnes,
Edith K. .1087
Barney, Mrs.
Harry .1027
Bathe,
Greville .1975
Baum, Frank
C. .1875
Becton [or
Beeton], Janet M. (Mrs. F. I.) .2012
Beery(?),
Ed .2333b
Bell, Lettie
M. .1125
Benjamin,
Mary (of Walter R. Benjamin) .1725
Bennett,
Mrs. A. W. .1708
Bennett, W.
W. (The Colonial Shop) .1680
Benson, Mrs.
M. A. .1782
Blanchard,
Harry (Blanchard’s Antique Shop) .1025
Blancher (or
Blanchy), E. Maude .1904
Blandin,
Mrs. A. W. .1969
Bliss,
Cleo .1914
Bodain,
Frances E. .2011
Bodifield,
Harriett Pratt .1726
Bolles,
Edith M. .1727
Bouchelle,
Anderson .1160, .1506, .1514, .1515,
.1527-.1529
Bowdoin, W.
G. .1486
Bowlby,
Grace E. .1669, .1701
Boyd,
V. .1722
Boyd’s City
Dispatch .1468-.1471
Boyle, M. H.
(Mrs. John T.) .1832
Bradley,
Mrs. S. M. .1509
Brammer,
Mrs. Fred E. .1077
Brewer,
Edward A. .1554
Bright, Mrs.
Stanley .2013-.2015
Brooks,
Brothers, Mrs. J. V.
V. (Mrs. J. van Vleck; Years Ago) .1105,
, .1347, .1348, .1712
Brown, Ann
D. (Mrs. W. R.) .1524
Brown, Edna
E. .1423
Brown,
Ruth .1480, .1481
Brownson,
Helen C. .1479
Bruns, A. B.
(Miss) .1605
Buckle,
Lewis M. .1981
Burbank,
Nell W. .1614
Burner,
Daniel .1608
Bush, Martha
A. (Mrs. Frederick Morrison) .2417
Folder 4: Barnard,
Marion S. (Coach House Antiques and Old Glass) (
Folder 5: Barr, Lockwood (
Folder 6: Batchelder, Charles H. (
Folder 7:
Folder 8: Boughner, Marion (Walpole, MA),
1937-1940 (.128-141, .2372)
Foldder 9: Bury, Edmund (
Folder 10: Button, H.V. (
Folder 11: Correspondence:
Ca-Ch
Calder,
Mrs. James B. .1525, .1674
Callahan,
Edna .1992, .1993
Campbell,
Mary A. (Mrs. Paul) .1878
Cannode,
Robert B. .1143
Card,
D. A. .1054
Carey,
W. W. .1081
Caro,
Ernest R. .1810, .1953
Carpenter,
Mrs. J. Herbert, Jr. .1545, .1546
Cart,
W. P. .1118
Cary,
Esther C. .1086
Casier(?),
Hazel A. .2003
Cassels,
Gertrude .2110
Castrillon,
Sybil Burton (Mrs. C. R.) .1601
Certain,
Mrs. Henry .1317-.1319, .1850-.1852,
.2002
Chadbourne,
Martha L. (Mrs. J. P.) .2278-.2280
Chamberlain,
Merle McVeigh .1866
Chamberlin,
Ernest E.(?) .1697
Chambers,
Frank W. .1954-.1959
Chapin,
Mrs. G. V. .1890, .1967
Charles,
Celia .1555
Charles,
H. H. .1037
Chatellier,
Mary (M. W., Mrs. John) .1110-.1112
Cheeseman,
Nathaniel .1331
Chidsey,
G. Alan .1508, .2000, .2095
Christensen,
E. .1660
Christopher,
F. .1226, .1227, .1300
Church,
W. B. .1029, .1792, .1793, .2385
Folder 12: Correspondence,
Cl-Cy and C[illegible]
Clapp
& Graham Co. .1295, .1356, .1569,
.1670, .2275b-c, .2277, .2431;
also
.1517-.1518, letters from Mrs. Frank C. Grant to C. & G.
Clark,
Alice Lee .1364
Clarke,
Elizabeth Porter .1324
Clarke(?),
Mrs. I. M. .1705
Cleaver,
Mrs. Philip R. .1917
Cleveland,
Frances E. .1117
Coleman,
Edith S. (Mrs. Samuel Taylor)
.1264-.1268, .1409, .1786-.1790, .1146
Concannon,
Evaline .1987, .1988
Cone,
Bernard H. .1797
Cook,
Mabel A. .1421
Copeland,
E. D. .1806
Corby,
Arthur E. .1126
Cornelius,
Charles O. (Works Progress Administration, Index of American Design) .1161, .1162
Cox,
Agnes .2001
Cox,
Mrs. Crawford B. .1943
Cracknell,
T.(?) G. .1644, .2017, .2018
Cramer,
Mary W. (Mrs. H. B.) .1370
Crouse,
Mrs. Hugh (Crouse Galleries) .1736
Crummel,
Mae R. (Mrs. E. F.) .2284, .2287a-b
Cudding,
Kate (Mrs. Harry A.) .1391
Currey,
Mrs. F. R. .1922
Curtis,
Elizabeth .1994
Curtis,
M. Inez .1402
Cypher,
Catherine .1838
C[illegible],
Mary E. 1872
Folder 13: Clarke,
Hermann F. (
Folder 14:
Folder 15: Crosby,
Folder 16: Currier, Ernest
and Lavinia (Currier & Roby, Inc.) (
Folder 17: Cutten, George
B. (
Folder 1: Correspondence:
D
D.,
C. .1353
Dahlquist,
B. B. .1091, .1137-.1140
Daisy
[no surname] .2097a-c
Darrow,
C. B. .1277, .1278, .1631
Davey
Tree Expert Co. (Hugo E. Birkner) .1400
Davie,
Charlotte A. .1522
Davis,
Jesse B. .1240a-b, .1259
Davis,
Mrs. R. N. .1314a-b
Davison,
Mary E. (Mrs. William J.) .1419,
.1853a-b, .1854, .2286, .2288a-b
Debin,
Mrs. Henry C. .1294
Decatur,
Stephen .2396
Decker,
R. Merrill .1893
Demarest,
Hazel K. (Mrs. L. M.) .1612a-b, .1613
De
Mott, Marie V. (Mrs. Henry S.) .1245,
.1246, .1273, .2053
Deniham,
Mrs. E. M. .1918
De
Prontaut, Henri (The Antique Shop) .1100
De
Witt, Louise Lewis .1393
Dickinson,
Mrs. W. B. .1416
Dilliard,
Maud Esther .1991
Dix,
Carrie L. .1774
Dodge,
Helen Swan(?) .2107
Dodson,
Mrs. T.(?) M. .1841, .1844a-d
Drennan,
Flora .1212
Driss
[could be Deiss],
Dudley,
Howland .1718, .1766-.1770
Dunlap,
Bessie Lee P. (Mrs. William Laird, Jr.),
.2054
Durrell,
Hal .1257a-b, .1258a-b, .1135
Dykeman,
C. H. .2384
Folder 2: Davidson,
Marshall (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY), 1937 (.273-.278) (mixture of personal and business
correspondence)
Folder 3: Davis, Irving W. (
Folder 4: Draper, Camilla (
Folder 5: Correspondence: E
Early
American Industries .1923
Edwards,
Bessie M. .1887
Edwards,
Leila R. .1097, .1122
Elman, Dave
(Hobby Lobby) .1941a-b
Emerson,
Marion Leeds .2290a-c
Erb, Edna
C. .1568
Erving(?),
Mrs. J. C. .1040a-b
Evans, Grace
V. (Mrs. Robert T.) .1239
Everts,
Violet M. (Mrs. John S.) .2099
Folder 6: Edwards, Sterling W. (
Folder 7: Ensko, Robert (
Folder 8: Correspondence: F
Falk,
Cecelia M. .2106
Falls, D. W.
C. .2307
Fancher,
Orril E. .1337, .1340a-b
Farr,
Farrington,
A. M. .1233a-b
Farrington,
Charles K. .1395
Faulkner,
Mary .1977
Feeney,
Lutie A. .1949
Ferrell, E.
W. .1462a-b, .1487
Fetherolf,
Fred .1413
Fish,
Herbert M. .1396
Fisher,
Conrad J. .1094-.1096, .1326
Fitzpatrick,
Mrs. L. .1771, .1772
Flowers,
Mrs. W. H. .1349
Foster(?),
C. .1119
Foster, M.
F. .1666, .1684-.1686
Foster, Mary
Louise .2376
Francis,
Damia .1422
Frank N.
Nathan Co. (Robert B. Church, mgr.) .1873
French,
F. .1263
French,
Hollis .1668, .1682, .2048, .2049
French,
Thomas, & Sons, Ltd. .1325
Friebolin,
Louise Bassett (Mrs. George) .1939a-c
Fuessenich,
F. W. .1737
Furst, Edith
Whittier (Mrs. Walter B.) .2050
Furst, W. B.
.1702
Folder 9: Correspondence: G
G.P. Mfg.
Co. .1228
Garrett,
Vera M. .1390a-b
Gates,
Calvin W. .1602
Geer, Mrs.
Fred .1561
Gibbs, Mrs.
Benjamin .1297
Gilmore, R.
E. .1343
Glass, Sarah
Kramer (Mrs. Joel) .1565-.1567
Glenn,
Samuel .1439
Glover, Mrs.
R. G. .1079, .1080
Goodnow [or Goodman], Earle T.
(Village Studio) .1804, .1839a-b, .1840,
.1350, .1078
Goodrich,
James H.(?) .1090
Goodspeed’s
Book Shop (Ann Silbaugh) .1458a-b, .1459
Goodwin, T.
R. (to Mr. Norton, not Ineson) .2430a-b
Goodyear,
Albert C. .1374
Gordon, Anne
L. .1365a-b
Gordon, Mrs.
M. [illegible] .1553
Goudy,
Green,
Katherine L. .2045
Greenstein,
Erhard (Colonial Antique Shop) .1180
Grenwalt,
Mira(?) (Greenwalt’s Antique Shop) .2046
Grow, Annie
(Mrs. Norman L.) .1901
Grube [or
Grabe], Henry C. .1298, .1299
Grunberger,
George .1461
Folder 10: Gebelein
Silversmiths (George C. Gebelein,
Folder 11: Correspondence:
Ha-He
Hall,
Linn(?) F. (Mrs.) .1842
Halladay,
J. Stuart, and Thomas, Harrel G. (1750 House Antiques) .2038
Halsted, Elizabeth Lee .1472, .1473
Hammerslough,
Philip .1968a-b
Hampshire
House (Blanche Paymer) .1634-.1635 (re:
John W. Schlegel)
Hanks,
Mrs. Stanley .1795
Hanrahan,
Anastasia .1387a-c
Hansbury,
Charles C. .1180, .1181a-b, .1559, .1560
Hansmeyer,
Carrie .1564
Harker,
Theresa (Mrs. Joe N., Jr.) .2034, .2035
Harrill,
S. .1032
Harrington,
Jessie .1630, .1728-.1730, .2043
Harris,
John D. .1269
Hart,
Letitia .1843
Hartshorne,
Margaret Willis (Mrs. Robert)
.1307-.1312
Haskell, Margaret Ritter
(Mrs. J. Amory) .1754, .1877
Hathaway,
Mrs. Lewis J. .1088
Hayes,
Helen .1632
Hayes,
Isabel R. .1541a-b
Haynes,
John .1860
Hazard,
Abbie M. (Mrs. Duncan A.) .1677a-b,
.2341a-b, .2345, .2360a-b
Hazard,
Duncan A. .1093, .2314-.2315 (includes
list of his collection)
Heffner,
Charles M. .1406, .1534
Henderson,
Mrs. Beeler L. .1920
Henton,
Elizabeth C. (Mrs. J. Dudley) .1229
Hess,
Mrs. F. E. .1332a-b
Folder 12: Hall, Margaret S. (House of the Clipper
Ship) (
Folder 13: Hastings, Katharine (
Folder