Spoon, Sugar
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Sugar
- Object ID:
- 1960.006.01
- Creator:
- Percival, David C., Jr. & Company
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1864-1869
- Description:
- Sugar Spoon. Silver. Spoon with "fiddle" handle having upturned, rounded end with short rib on face; rounded shoulders above flaring, shell-shaped bowl, with fluted surface. "E" engraved in script on handle face. Stamped on back of fins in upper- and lower-case letters, "Boston.", incuse. Stamped on back of handle, in upper- and lower-case roman letters, "D. C. Percival, Jr. & Co.", incuse.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.25 L-5.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a flatware set including sugar spoon, teaspoons, and tablespoons, all marked "E" (1960.006.01, 04, 06). Note from donor and her sister -- Miss Edith Hersey (b.c.1878) and Miss Mary J. Hersey (1874-1964) -- explained that these spoons belonged to their mother, Ellen J. Rowe Hersey (c.1840-), of Andover, NH. Ellen Hersey's mother was Polly Emery (b.1809), from an extensive Emery family of Andover, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Edith S. Hersey
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