Spoon, Dessert
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Dessert
- Object ID:
- 1977.029.188
- Creator:
- Wakefield, Albert
- Place of Origin:
- Great Falls (Somersworth), NH
- Date:
- 1846 -1867
- Description:
- Dessert Spoon. Silver. Fin and fiddle form. Double swell fiddle handle with upturned, round end and long (1/2") mid-rib on front. Flared, rounded fins. Egg-shaped bowl. Engraved on front of handle in script with flourishes: "M[IorJ]C". Stamped on back of fin/stem in upper case roman letters: "A.WAKEFIELD.", in plain rectangle. Stamped on back of handle in upper case roman letters: "GT.FALLS.", within a plain rectangle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.375 L-6.937 inches
- Provenance:
- From the New Hampshire silver collection of Richard F. Upton (1914-1996). Richard Upton served as the New Hampshire Historical Society's President, 1976-1980.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Richard F. Upton
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