Fork, Dessert
- Object Name:
- Fork, Dessert
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.070
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1875
- Description:
- Silver Fork. Pie or pastry fork with handle shank slightly rounded on top, broadening to elaborately shaped handle face with slightly upturned end having central projection. Four flat tines, end one being almost 3 times as wide as others and shaped at end. Engraved design on handle face with borders and scrolled foliage at end. Engraved geometric design on face of fork between tines and handle juncture. Stamped mark on reverse of handle shank: "WM.B.DURGIN" in upper case roman letters, incuse. Tag with accession number attached to handle by string.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1 L-6.375 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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