Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.056.1
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1870-1880
- Description:
- Teaspoon. Made by William B. Durgin, Concord, NH. Silver. Round-ended handle, with slightly upturned end. Egg-shaped bowl. Front of handle fully engraved with bright-cut and stamped lily motif. Design includes a sprig of hanging blooms at the handle tip, large leaves, a bloom within a circular outline, and two hanging flowers at the handle/stem juncture. Engraved on back of handle, in upper-case black lettering, "D". "D" (for Durgin), in script, within a circle, stamped on back of stem; "STERLING." stamped on back of stem in upper-case roman letters, incuse; and "WM.B.DURGIN" stamped on back of stem in upper-case roman letters. One of a set of six.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.125 L-5.687 inches
- Provenance:
- The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-1924) and Susan Dadmun (1844-1936) 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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