Spoon, Dessert
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Dessert
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.006.1
- Creator:
- Dunlap, Thomas (1822-1892)
Jeweler - Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- 1855-1871
- Description:
- Dessert Spoon. Silver. Downturned fiddle handle having rounded end and tapering to rounded shoulders above ovoid bowl. "S. S. Richardson" engraved in script on handle face. Impressed mark on reverse of handle: "T. DUNLAP.", upper case roman letters in rectangle. One of a pair.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.375 L-6.875 inches
- Provenance:
- The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-1924) and Susan (McDaniels) Dadmun (1844-1936) Collection was the bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1968). Mrs. Doble's bequest included: "my collection of early American sterling silver spoons." The collection also included "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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