Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1973.030.02
- Creator:
- Currier, Edmund (1793-1853)
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Salem, MA
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Tablespoon. Made by Edmund Currier (1793-1853), Salem, MA; c. 1840. Silver. Tapered fiddle handle with upturned round end and short mid-rib on front; pointed fins; and egg-shaped bowl with square, molded drop on reverse. "PN / to / JSN" engraved in feather script on reverse of handle. "E·CURRIER" and "PURE / COIN" in upper case Roman letters, stamped in rectangles on reverse, lower end of handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.75 L-8.375 inches
- Provenance:
- Spoon with maker's mark of Hopkinton, New Hampshire silversmith and clockmaker, Edmund Currier (1793-1853; in Salem, Mass. after 1825). 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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