Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.013
- Creator:
- Beasom, William D. & Company
- Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH
- Date:
- circa 1849
- Description:
- Teaspoon. Silver. Downturned double swell fiddle handle with a rounded end, rounded fins, and an egg-shaped bowl. "A.A. Spofford" engraved in script on front of handle. "W.D. BEASOM & CO." and "NASHUA" in upper case letters stamped in rectangles on back of handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.625 L-8 inches
- Provenance:
- The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-1924) and Susan Dadmun (1844-1936) Collection is a bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1969). Mrs. Doble's bequest includes: "my collection of early American sterling silver spoons." Other items in the collection include: New Hampshire and other silver, wallpaper samples, fans, personal items, and birchbark pictures made by E. H. Merrill.
- Credit Line:
- Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections, Bequest of Helen I. Dadmun Doble
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