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Spoon, Sugar

Object Name:
Spoon, Sugar
Object ID:
1969.005.010
Creator:
Dunlap & Parker
Place of Origin:
Manchester, NH
Date:
1852-1854
Description:
Sugar Spoon. Silver. Flat handle shank broadening to upturned short rib on face; flaring, shell-shaped bowl with fluted surface. Script initials "B.J.B." on reverse of handle face. Impressed marks on reverse: "Dunlap & Parker," and "Manchester" both in upper case in rectangles.
Material:
Metal
Silver
Dimensions:
W-1.5 L-6.625 inches
Provenance:
The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-c.1925) and Susan Dadmun (1844-c.1934) Collection is a bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1969). Mrs. Doble's bequest includes: "my collection of early American sterling silver spoons." Other items in the collection include: 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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