Fork

Object Name:

Fork

Object ID:

1969.005.069.2

Creator:

Durgin, William B. (1833-1905)Jeweler

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1865

Description:

Child's Fork. Silver, in the standard pattern known as "Olive." Flat handle shank broadening to slightly upturned and pointed end with short rib on both back and front, four tines. Embossed decoration on both surfaces of handle in standard pattern of scrolled borders and foliage. "Charlie." engraved in script, diagonally across handle face. Impressed marks on reverse of handle shank: "WM.B.DURGIN", and "PURE COIN", both in upper-case roman letters, incuse. Tines slightly bent. (Note that although this spoon is similar in many ways to 1969.005.069.1, there are significant differences in design details, so .1 was probably made by a company other than Durgin.)

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

W-0.812 L-6.125 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

People:

Dadmun, Charles W. (1865-1933), Durgin, William B. (1833-1905), Dadmun, Josiah A. (1840-1924), Dadmun, Susan (1844-1936), Doble, Helen I. (1881-1968)