Spoon, Dessert
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Dessert
- Object ID:
- 1983.045
- Creator:
- Wallace, William K.
- Place of Origin:
- Woodsville (Haverhill), NH
- Date:
- circa 1875
- Description:
- Dessert spoon. Silver. Fin and fiddle form. Double-swell fiddle handle with upturned round end and 1/2" midrib on front. Flared, rounded fins. Egg-shaped bowl. Engraved on back of handle in upper-case script, "W", with hash marks. Stamped on back of fins/stem in upper-case roman letters: "W.K. WALLACE.", incuse.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.4 L-7.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Spoon was purchased by donor at the auction of the Mildred Weeks Page (1890-1982) estate, Haverhill, NH. Spoon has the monogram "W" for the Weeks family, and has the maker's mark of William K. Wallace (1833-1909), jeweler of Woodsville (Haverhill), NH, Boston, MA, and Newbury, VT.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of John F. Page
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