Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1986.108.85
- Creator:
- Stackpole, Joseph; Stackpole, Thomas W.
- Place of Origin:
- Dover, NH
- Date:
- 1853-1856
- Description:
- Teaspoon, silver. Fin and fiddle form. Double-swell fiddle handle with upturned round end, and 1/4" midrib on front. Flared, rounded fins. Egg-shaped bowl. Engraved on back of handle in upper-case script: "A.A.S." Stamped on back of fins/stem: "J.STACKPOLE & SON.", in upper-case roman letters in plain rectangle. Stamped on back of handle in upper-case roman letters: "DOVER, N.H." within plain rectangle. Imperfection in dye cuts through the top of the "OVER N" letters.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.125 L-5.75 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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