Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1994.004.02
- Creator:
- Towle Manufacturing Company
Manufacturer ; Gordon, Albertus S. (1848-1929)Jeweler - Place of Origin:
- Newburyport, MA / Laconia, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Teaspoon. Made by the Towle Manufacturing Company, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Sold by Albertus S. Gordon (1848-1920) of Laconia, New Hampshire, c. 1890. Silver. Double-swell fiddle handle, with upturned round end and short mid-rib on front. Flared and rounded fins. Ovoid bowl. Engraved "W" in script on the back of handle. Stamped "STERLING." on back of fins in upper case roman letters, incuse. "A.S.GORDON" stamped in upper case roman, incuse in back of handle. Hallmark depicting a lion passant within the letter "T" in front of "STERLING". One of a set of four.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.2 L-5.7 inches
- Provenance:
- One of a set of spoons that were a gift of Harry A. Sleeper (c.1927-2005) of Concord, New Hampshire, to the N.H.H.S.; Mr. Sleeper was a volunteer at the Society. Spoons have the manufacturer's mark of the Towle Manufacturing Co. of Newburyport, Mass., and the jeweler's mark of Albert S. Gordon (1848-1929) of Laconia, N.H. Gordon took over the shop of his uncle, jeweler Richard Gove (1815-1883), after Gove's death.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Harry A. Sleeper
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