Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1988.016.08
- Creator:
- Trefethen, Charles A.
Jeweler ; Moore, Clinton A.Jeweler - Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- 1877-1880
- Description:
- Teaspoon, silver. Fin and fiddle form. Double swell fiddle handle with upturned, round end and short (1/4") mid-rib on front. Flared, rounded fins. Egg-shaped bowl. Engraved on front of handle in upper case script: "I.J.S." for Ida Jane Spencer. Stamped on back of fins: "G 925/1000", incuse. Stamped on back of stem in upper case sans-serif letters: "TREFETHEN&MOORE", incuse.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.187 L-5.812 inches
- Provenance:
- One of a pair of spoons engraved with the initials of Ida Jane Spencer (1861-1951) of Bedford, NH, grandmother of donor (mother's mother). Ida Jane Spencer married Fred Marshall Barnard, 1883, Bedford, NH. These spoons may have been made for Ida's hope chest or dowry. Spoons have Manchester, NH, jeweler's mark of Trefethen & Moore, c.1877-c.1880.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Phyllis P. Kettler
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