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Spoon

Object Name:
Spoon
Object ID:
1977.068.02
Creator:
Dunlap & Baker
Place of Origin:
Manchester, NH
Date:
1871-1877
Description:
Teaspoon. Silver. Fin and fiddle form. Double swell fiddle handle with slightly up-turned, rounded end with short midrib on front. Flared, round, long fins. Egg-shaped bowl. Engraved in script on front of handle "R.A.S.H." Marked on back of fin and stem "COIN" in upper-case roman letters incuse. Maker's mark on back of stem in upper-case roman letters: "DUNLAP & BAKER", incuse. One of a pair.
Material:
Metal
Silver
Dimensions:
W-1.1 L-5.6 inches
Provenance:
Spoon with maker's mark from the partnership of John N. Baker & Thomas Dunlap, 1871-c.1877, Manchester, New Hampshire. Purchased by the N.H.H.S. from antiques dealer, Margaret Scott Carter Antiques.
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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