Fork, Salad
- Object Name:
- Fork, Salad
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.114
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. (1833-1905)
Jeweler - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1855-1865
- Description:
- Salad Fork. Silver. Shaped and pointed handle, with slightly upturned end. Four-tined fork, the left tine extra-wide and shaped at the tip. Bowl is also shaped, with two concave cutouts and one triangular cutout on the left and right sides. Entire front is covered with engraved and punched designs, including floral designs on handle, bowl, and left tine, and roulette-like lines on the lower part of the stem, bowl, and left and right tines. Monogram "B" engraved in black lettering on front of handle, within a roughly tear-shaped void. Stamped on back of stem: "WM.B.DURGIN", in upper-case roman letters, incuse. Stamped on back of handle/stem: "PURE COIN", in upper-case roman letters, incuse.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.1 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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