Teaspoon

Title:

Old Wentworth Mansion/ Portsmouth N.H.

Object Name:

Teaspoon

Object ID:

1978.021

Creator:

Durgin, William B.Jeweler; Hutchinson, John H.

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1886-1905

Description:

Souvenir Teaspoon. Silver. Round-ended handle; egg-shaped bowl. Souvenir from Wentworth Mansion of Portsmouth, N.H. Front of handle has cast image of mansion and legend "Old / Wentworth / Mansion" in upper- and lower-case stylized letters. Below the image is, "PORTSMOUTH / N.H." in upper-case stylized letters, within a scroll border. On reverse of stem are the following impressed marks: "D" in upper-case cursive within a circle mark; "STERLING" in upper-case roman letters, cast or stamped, incuse; "PAT.APD.FOR." in upper-case sans-serif letters, incuse; and stamped, "J.H.HUTCHINSON" in roman upper-case letters, incuse. Reverse of handle edges also decorated in scroll motif.

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

W-1.2 L-5.75 inches

Provenance:

Gift of Gertrude Dow Lamprey (1912-1992), of North Hampton, New Hampshire. Donor's husband, D. Morris Lamprey (c.1910-2002) who was also a native of North Hampton, was a graduate of and a teacher of toolmaking at Wentworth Institute, Boston, Mass.
Spoon has an image of the "Old Wentworth Mansion," a.k.a. Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion, Portsmouth, N.H. Maker's marks of "D", for Wm. Durgin & Co., and retailer, J. H. Hutchinson.

Credit Line:

Gift of Gertrude D. Lamprey

People:

Hutchinson, John H. (1838- ), Lamprey, Gertrude (1912-1992), Durgin, William B. (1833-1905)

Subjects:

Mansions, Souvenirs