Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1957.001.19
- Creator:
- Morrill, Samuel F. & Company
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1864-1875
- Description:
- Tablespoon. Silver. Upturned fiddle handle, rounded end with short rib on face; rounded shoulders above ovoid bowl. "Parker to Mary." engraved in script on handle face. Impressed marks on reverse of handle: "S.F MORRILL&CO.", and "PURE COIN.", both in upper case roman letters, incuse. One of a pair.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.825 L-9 inches
- Provenance:
- Adhesive tape label on reverse of spoon seems to read, "Parker Pillsbury / Gift M. Jewell." Parker Pillsbury (1809-1898) was a famous Concord, NH, abolitionist and reformer. In 1840 he married Sarah H. Sargent.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
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