Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1977.029.127
- Creator:
- Carter & Whitford
Jeweler - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1855-1857
- Description:
- Tablespoon. Made by Carter & Whitford, Concord, NH; 1855-1857. Silver. Double-swell fiddle handle with upturned, rounded end, short rib on front, rounded shoulders, and an oval bowl. "H.B." engraved in script on the reverse of the handle. Impressed mark on the reverse near shoulder: "CARTER & WHITFORD" in Roman upper case; it has been overstruck, i.e., "CART[E]" in a box in one strike, overstruck with "R & WHITFORD" in a box.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.687 L-8.562 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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