Fork, Berry
- Object Name:
- Fork, Berry
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.072.1
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Berry Fork. Silver. Flat handle shank broadening to slightly upturned rounded end; three long tines; small indent on each side of the bowl above the tines. Embossed decoration on handle face including representation of the Mayflower, both the vessel and the flower, together with upper case lettering "PLYMOUTH / 1620". Plymouth is in plain sans-serif capital letters. Floral design repeated on reverse of handle end. Impressed marks on reverse of handle shank: script "D" (for Durgin) within an oval mark, and "STERLING" in upper case, incuse sans-serif letters.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-0.437 L-5 inches
- Provenance:
- The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-c.1925) and Susan Dadmun (1844-c.1934) Collection is a bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1969). Mrs. Doble's bequest includes: "my 'Durgin' silver." 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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