Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1977.029.118.07
- Creator:
- Beasom & Reed
- Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH
- Date:
- 1835-1845
- Description:
- Teaspoon. Sold by Beasom & Reed, Nashua, NH; 1835-1845; Silver. Double-swell fiddle handle with downturned rounded end, rounded and flared fins, and an egg-shaped bowl. "H.M.Averill" engraved on handle front, in feathered script. Maker's mark on back of handle/stem: "BEASOM & RE[ED.]" on back of stem/handle, in roman upper-case letters, in rectangle. One of a set of twelve.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.062 L-5.625 inches
- Provenance:
- Probably originally made for and owned by Helen M. Averill (1827-1879) of Mont Vernon. 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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