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Spoon, Dessert

Object Name:
Spoon, Dessert
Object ID:
1977.029.192
Creator:
Young, Samuel E.
Place of Origin:
Laconia, NH
Date:
1858-1870
Description:
Dessert Spoon. Silver. Fin and fiddle form. Double-swell fiddle handle (slightly narrow) with rounded upturned end, and 3/8" midrib on front. Egg-shaped bowl. Engraved on back of handle in feathered script in upper-case letters: "MAG". Stamped on back of fins/stem in upper-case roman letters: "S.E.YOUNG.", within plain rectangle.
Material:
Metal
Silver
Dimensions:
W-1.375 L-7.25 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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