Spoon, Serving
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Serving
- Object ID:
- 1979.509
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company
Silversmith ; Shreve, Crump & LowRetailer - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Serving Spoon. Manufactured by the William B. Durgin Company, Concord, NH; c. 1900. "Shell" pattern. Silver. Round-ended handle with slightly upturned end. Egg-shaped bowl, with narrow end attached to stem. Ten-lobed shell at end of handle, ending with two scrolls at base of shell, and approximately 35 parallel lines between the shell and the tip of the handle. Shell is pressed into the silver. Engraved with monogram upper-case "D" in roman lettering, on front of handle, below the shell. On back of the stem, it is marked: bird surrounded with laurel wreath below a letter "D", all within an oval mark (for maker, Durgin Co., Concord, N.H.); "STERLING" stamped incuse, in upper-case roman letters; and stamped incuse, "SHREVE,CRUMP&LOW", in upper-case roman letters.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-2.125 L-8.9 inches Weight-2.45 oz
- Provenance:
- Found in NHHS kitchen, 1979.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Durgin, William B. (1833-1905)
- Subjects:
- Shells
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