Philo Baker Gilbert

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• He worked from circa 1830 to 1868 as a silversmith in New York City NY
Listed in the 1840 city directory at 106 Reade and 6 Liberty Place in 1859. He was declared bankrupt in 1868.

• He was issued design patent number 2646 on 7 May 1867

DESIGN FOR A SPOON, KNIFE, OR FORK-HANDLE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, PHILO B. GILBERT, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented or produced a new and original Design for Spoons, Forks, Knives, &c., or for the ornamentation of the handles thereof; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, in which—
Figure 1 represents a table-spoon.
Figure 2 represents a dessert or coffee-spoon.
Figure 3 represents a fork.
The top or extreme end of the handle is lozenge-formed, as at a, and terminates in scroll and other ornamented work b. Next to the above ornamentation follows a medallion, c, with a knight's head, e, helmeted. Next, an escutcheon, d, plain, from which projects the narrow portion of the handle f, with sunken marginal and central lines g. Next, the spear-shaped points h, with a band i, and below the band, foliated ornaments j, which terminate where the bowl of the spoon, or the spread-out portion of the fork at the head of the tines, begins.
Having thus fully explained my design, what I claim, is—
The above-described ornamentation for handles of spoons, forks, and similar table-ware, as described and represented.

PHILO B. GILBERT.

Witnesses:
F. P. Gilbert, John Marshall.

Philo married Mrs. Philo B. Gilbert in New York City NY.