Spoon, Sugar
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Sugar
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.028
- Creator:
- Whitford & Drew
Jeweler - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1857-1860
- Description:
- Sugar Spoon. Made by Whitford & Drew, Concord, NH; 1857-1860. Silver. Double-swell fiddle handle with upturned, rounded end short rib on front, rounded shoulders, and an oblong shell-shaped bowl. "Hill" engraved in script on the reverse of the handle. "WHITFORD & DREW" and "CONCORD, NH" stamped in upper case letters in rectangles on back of handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.5 L-6.5 inches
- Provenance:
- The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-1924) and Susan Dadmun (1844-1936) Collection is a bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1969). Mrs. Doble's bequest includes: "my collection of early American sterling silver spoons." Other items in the collection include: New Hampshire and other silver, wallpaper samples, fans, personal items, and birchbark pictures made by E. H. Merrill.
- Credit Line:
- Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections, Bequest of Helen I. Dadmun Doble
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