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Spoon, Dessert

Object Name:
Spoon, Dessert
Object ID:
1969.005.008.1
Creator:
Durgin, William B. (1833-1905)
Place of Origin:
Concord, NH
Date:
circa 1865
Description:
Dessert spoon. Silver. One of a set of six (1969.005.008.1., 2, .6., .7, .8, .9). Fin and fiddle form. Double swell fiddle handle with upturned, round end and 1/2" mid-rib on front. Stem is square in cross section. Flared, rounded fins. Egg-shaped bowl. Engraving on front of handle in upper and lower case script: "C.H.Noyes." Engraved on back of handle in upper case script: "A.E.A." Stamped on back of stem in upper case roman letters: "WM. B. DURGIN.", incuse.
Material:
Metal
Silver
Dimensions:
W-1.437 L-7.375 inches
Provenance:
The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-1924) and Susan (McDaniels) Dadmun (1844-1936) Collection was the bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1968). Mrs. Doble's bequest included: "my collection of early American sterling silver spoons." The collection also included "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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