Fork, Cold-meat

Object Name:

Fork, Cold-meat

Object ID:

1969.005.054

Creator:

Durgin, William B. Company

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1880-1900

Description:

Serving Fork, probably a Cold-Meat Fork. Silver with gold washed bowl and tines, in Durgin's "Empire" pattern. Round-ended handle, with small central projection and with slightly upturned end. Four-tined bowl, with pointed and reduced left tine, and expanded right tine. Fully ornamented handle, stem, and bowl. Handle decoration includes a vertically-oriented lozenge-shaped void, surrounded with a laurel wreath and capped with an elaborate crown; flowers and ribbons around the crown. Below the lozenge are two cornucopia, below which is a torch or staff, which goes part-way down the stem. Within the void is a "D" monogram, in black lettering. The stem, back and front, is edged with a banded reed motif. The bowl is decorated in repousee work, including: a tulip-like wreath around the edge; a circular (unidentified) object in the center, with hair-like scrolls around it; and 6 ovals arranged between the wreath and the center object. Several marks on back, including a raised "D" (for Durgin) in upper-case script on back of shoulder; upper-case sans-serif "STERLING" on back of stem, incuse and double-stamped; and "PAT'D" stamped in upper-case roman letters, also on back of stem.

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

W-1.75 L-8.937 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:

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