Spoon, Serving
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Serving
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.055
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1891-1915
- Description:
- Preserve Spoon. Silver (with slight evidence of a gold wash in the bowl), in Durgin's "Watteau" pattern; in 1898 catalog, the form is called "Preserve Spoon, fruit bowl". Slightly upturned end to asymetrical handle. Egg-shaped fluted bowl, decorated with repousse fruit and leaves. Front and back edges of handle and stem fully covered with scroll and floral decoration; void on front of handle engraved "D" in upper-case black lettering. On back, decoration continues onto back of bowl. Stamped on back of shoulder, "D", in upper-case script within a circle mark, and "STERLING" in upper-case sans-serif letters, incuse.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.625 L-8.375 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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