Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1994.004.04
- 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-1.125 L-5.75 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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