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Teaspoon

Object Name:
Teaspoon
Object ID:
1969.005.007.4
Creator:
Dunlap, Thomas (1822-1892)Jeweler
Place of Origin:
Manchester, NH
Date:
1855-1871
Description:
Teaspoon. Made by Thomas Dunlap (1822-1892), Manchester, NH; Silver. Downturned fiddle handle having rounded end and tapering to rounded shoulders above ovoid bowl. "S.S.R." engraved on handle face. Impressed mark on reverse of handle: "T. DUNLAP.", upper case letters in rectangle. One of a set of six.
Material:
Metal
Silver
Dimensions:
W-1.125 L-6 inches
Provenance:
The Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections were the bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Doble (1881-1968). The bequest included Mrs. Doble's collections of "Early American sterling silver spoons," Durgin silverware, wallpaper samples, fans, relics, and birchbark pictures made by Edward W. Merrill (1841-1910) of Concord.
Credit Line:
Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections, Bequest of Helen I. Dadmun Doble
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