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Spoon, Sugar

Object Name:
Spoon, Sugar
Object ID:
1969.005.022
Creator:
Cole, Shubael B. (1819-1886)Silversmith
Place of Origin:
Somersworth, NH/Great Falls, NH
Date:
circa 1850
Description:
Sugar Spoon. Made by Shubael B. Cole (1819-1886), Great Falls, NH; c. 1850. Silver. Upturned double swell fiddle handle with rounded end and short rib on front; rounded shoulders with a flaring, fluted shell-shaped bowl. "L.H.H" engraved in script on front of handle. "S.B. Cole" and "Great Falls" stamped in upper case letters in rectangle on back of handle.
Material:
Metal
Silver
Dimensions:
W-1.375 L-6 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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