Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1988.016.04
- Creator:
- Straw, Daniel F. (1823-1896)
Jeweler - Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Teaspoon. Silver. Double swell fiddle handle with upturned rounded end and 1/4" midrib on front; Egg-shaped bowl. Engraved on front of handle, "T.D.C." in script upper-case letters, for Thankful Diploma Coombs (1831-1902) of Bedford, NH, great-grandmother of donor. Stamped on back of stem in upper case roman letters "STRAW" within a plain rectangle. One of a pair.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.187 L-6.062 inches
- Provenance:
- Thankful Diploma Coombs (1831-1902) was grandmother to donor's mother, Bernice Ida Barnard. One of nine spoons from donor's ancestry with a history of ownership in Bedford, NH that donor took care of for many years. She had no children so decided to donate the spoons to NHHS.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Phyllis P. Kettler
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