Spoon, Grapefruit
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Grapefruit
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.119
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. & Company
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1891
- Description:
- Grapefruit Spoon. Silver. Gold pear-shaped bowl and dull silver embossing on handle. Old Man of the Mountain silhouetted against full moon with waterfall and "New Hampshire". Initials engraved on reverse of handle: "HID". Impressed marks on reverse of handle and bowl: "D", "Sterling", and "Pat'd.Mar.3,91".
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- L-5.875 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." Note also that Josiah Abbott Dadmun was living in Concord, NH, c.1891, the date of this spoon. Other items in the collection include New Hampshire and other silver, wallpaper samples, fans, personal items, and birchbark pictures made by E. W. Merrill. Spoon originally belonged to Helen I. Dadmun.
- Credit Line:
- Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections, Bequest of Helen I. Dadmun Doble
- People:
- Durgin, William B. (1833-1905), Dadmun, Josiah A. (1840-1924), Dadmun, Susan (1844-1936), Doble, Helen I. (1881-1968)
- Subjects:
- Old Man of the Mountain
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