Spoon, Dessert
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Dessert
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.106
- Creator:
- Brown, Seth Eastman (1821-1884)
Jeweler - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1843-1849
- Description:
- Dessert Spoon. Silver. Downturned fiddle handle with rounded end, rounded fins and a pointed, egg-shaped bowl. "M.T." engraved in script on front of handle. "SETH E. BROWN", in upper case Roman letters stamped in rectangle on back of handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.5 L-7.375 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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