Spoon, Dessert
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Dessert
- Object ID:
- 1982.061.01
- Creator:
- Gay, Levi B.
- Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH
- Date:
- 1856-1869
- Description:
- Spoon, dessert. Silver. Fin and fiddle form. Double swell fiddle handle with rounded down-turned end. Flaring rounded fins. Egg shaped bowl. Engraved in script on front of handle "L.K.W.". Stamped on back of fins "L.B.GAY" in upper case Roman letters within plain rectangle. Also stamped on back of handle "NASHUA" in upper case Roman letters within plain rectangle. Paper adhesive label on back of handle with seller's information (L.B.Gay, Nashua, 35-).
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.437 L-7.25 inches
- Provenance:
- N.H.H.S. purchase. Spoon has maker's mark of Nashua, New Hampshire silversmith, Levi B. Gay (working dates in Nashua, c.1856-c.1869).
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Gay, Levi B.
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