Spoon, Dessert
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Dessert
- Object ID:
- 1986.108.96
- Creator:
- Wakefield & Woodward
- Place of Origin:
- Great Falls (Somersworth), NH
- Date:
- 1857-1867
- Description:
- Spoon, dessert. Silver. Fin and fiddle form. Double swell fiddle handle with upturned, round end with short (3/8") mid-rib on the front. Flared rounded fins. Egg-shaped bowl. Engraved on front of handle in upper case script letters: "A.M.H.'. Stamped on back of stem/fins in upper case roman letters: "WAKEFIELD&WOODWARD" within a plain rectangle. Stamped on back of handle in upper case roman letters: "GT.FALLS" within a plain rectangle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.5 L-7.437 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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