Spoon, Dessert
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Dessert
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.060
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1885
- Description:
- Silver Dessert Spoon. Round-ended handle. Stem is square in cross-section. Egg-shaped bowl. Stamped and engraved designs covers entire front of handle and stem, including peacock feather design at tip, shield with "1885" engraved below, and floral design covering the remainder. Engraved on reverse of handle, "Isabelle", in script. Two marks stamped on the back of the stem: a flying bird encircled with laurel leaves within an oval (which is the mark of William B. Durgin), and "STERLING" in upper-case roman letters, incuse.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.375 L-7 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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