Spoon, Dessert

Object Name:: Spoon, Dessert
Object ID:: 1969.005.031.2
Creator:: Hall, Ivory (1795-1880)Jeweler
Place of Origin:: Concord, NH
Date:: circa 1840
Description:: Dessert Spoon. Made by Ivory Hall (1795-1880); Owned by Caroline B. Noyes (1812-1893), Concord, NH; c. 1840. Silver. Downturned double swell fiddle handle having rounded end, rounded shoulders, and an egg-shaped bowl. "C. B. Noyes" engraved in script on front of handle. "I.HALL" in rectangle stamped on back of handle. One of a pair.
Material:: Metal
Silver
Dimensions:: W-1.5 L-7.25 inches
Provenance:: The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-1924) and Susan (McDaniels) Dadmun (1844-1936) Collection is a bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1968). Mrs. Doble's bequest included: "my collection of early American sterling silver spoons." The collection also included "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
People:: Noyes, Caroline B. (1812-1893), Hall, Ivory (1795-1880), Dadmun, Josiah A. (1840-1924), Dadmun, Susan (1844-1936), Doble, Helen I. (1881-1968)