Spoon, Dessert
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Dessert
- Object ID:
- 1977.029.097.2
- Creator:
- Bailey, Ebenezer Eaton (1809-1862)
- Place of Origin:
- Claremont, NH
- Date:
- circa 1855
- Description:
- Dessert Spoon. Silver. Double-swell fiddle handle, with downturned rounded end; long, round fins; egg-shaped bowl. "L Ayer" engraved in feathered script on front of handle. "From / D.W.B." engraved in feathered script on back of handle. "E.E.BAILEY" stamped in roman upper-case letters, in rectangle; "CLAREMONT,N.H." stamped in roman upper case letters, in serrated rectangle, on back of handle. One of a pair.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.375 L-7.062 inches
- Provenance:
- From the New Hampshire silver collection of Richard F. Upton (1914-1996). Richard Upton served as the New Hampshire Historical Society's President, 1976-1980.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Richard F. Upton
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