Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.062
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1860-1880
- Description:
- Tablespoon. Silver. Round-ended handle, with short mid-rib on front and slightly upturned end. Flaring shoulder. Egg-shaped bowl. Entire front of handle with floral decoration, surrounding a void. Within the void is the monogram, "B", engraved in black lettering. Stamped on reverse of stem in upper-case roman letters, "WM.B.DURGIN", incuse. Stamped on back of handle in upper-case roman letters, "PURE COIN".
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.75 L-8.5 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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