Spoon, Soup
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Soup
- Object ID:
- 1916.019.01
- Place of Origin:
- Kiaochau, China
- Date:
- 1910-1916
- Description:
- Soup Spoon. Silver. Chinese copy of William B. Durgin company's Fairfax pattern, introduced circa 1910. Flat handle flaring to squared end with incurved corners; relatively circular bowl. Threaded border on face of handle. Impressed mark on reverse of handle shank: Chinese character within rectangle. Label formerly with spoon and now in accession file reads, "COPY OF THE FAIRFAX COUP SPOON / MADE BY HAND WITH ONLY 4 TOOLS / BY A CHINAMAN OF KIAOCHAU. / PRESENTED BY THE WILLIAM B. DURGIN CO. / 1916".
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-2 L-6.7 inches Weight-1.59 oz
- Provenance:
- The wife of a naval officer in China saw a Chinese man making Fairfax pattern silver and asked him to make her six soup spoons. One was given to the Durgin company, who donated it and an original Fairfax soup spoon (1916.019.02) to NHHS in l916.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the William B. Durgin Company
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