Spoon, Dessert
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Dessert
- Object ID:
- 1986.108.77
- Creator:
- Quimby, Zebedee M.
- Place of Origin:
- Exeter, NH
- Date:
- 1840-1843
- Description:
- Spoon, dessert. Silver. Fin-and-fiddle form. Oval fiddle handle, with upturned round end, and 5/8" mid-rib on front. Rounded flared fins. Egg-shaped bowl. Engraved in feathered script, "MCR", on reverse of handle. Marked on back of fins/stem: "Z.M.QUIMBY", in upper case roman letters, within a plain rectangle. Marked on back of stem/handle: "EXETER", in upper case roman letters, within plain rectangle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.375 L-7.312 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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