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Teaspoon

Object Name:
Teaspoon
Object ID:
1973.030.01
Creator:
Currier, Edmund (1793-1853)Silversmith
Place of Origin:
Hopkinton, NH
Date:
circa 1815
Description:
Teaspoon. Made by Edmund Currier (1793-1853), Hopkinton, NH. c. 1815. Silver. Tapered sided fiddle handle with downturned coffin end, pointed fins and an egg-sahped bowl. "EAK" engraved in feathered script on the front of the handle. "E·CURRIER" in upper case Roman letters, stamped in rectangle on reverse of handle.
Material:
Metal
Silver
Dimensions:
W-1 L-5.375 inches
Provenance:
Spoon with maker's mark of Hopkinton, New Hampshire silversmith and clockmaker, Edmund Currier (1793-1853). Given to the N.H.H.S. by preeminent New Hampshire clock collector and researcher, Charles S. Parsons (1904-1988).
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles S. Parsons
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