Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1986.108.61
- Creator:
- Merrill, Mark W.
- Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH
- Date:
- 1845-1860
- Description:
- Tablespoon, silver. Fin and fiddle handle. Double swell fiddle handle with downturned, round end. Flared, rounded fins. Egg-shaped bowl. Engraved in script on front of handle:".S.E.Read". Stamped on back of stem in upper case roman letters:"M.W.MERRILL & CO" within plain rectangle with canted corners. Stamped on back of handle in upper case roman letters: "NASHUA" within plain rectangle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.75 L-8.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Charles H. Batchelder Collection of New Hampshire silver (formerly Loan 1959.88). Charles H. Batchelder (1876-1948) was a N.H.H.S. trustee, and a silver collector.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, with funds provided by subscription, including a grant from Chubb Life America
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