Tablespoon

Object Name:

Tablespoon

Object ID:

1988.016.01

Creator:

Gorham Manufacturing CompanySilversmith

Place of Origin:

Providence, RI

Date:

circa 1909

Description:

Tablespoon. Silver with downturned, pointed-ended handle. Egg-shaped bowl with raised "V" drop. Stamped on back of stem/handle is a right facing lion, anchor and stylized letter "G" (for Gorham). In upper case sans-serif letters is the word "STERLING" incuse. Engraved on front of handle is an image of a bumblebee for Bernice Barnard's initials. Engraved on the inside of the bowl is an image of a New England-style house which is the Barnard House on Kennedy Hill Road, Goffstown, NH, home of the donor's great-grandfather, Samuel M. Barnard. The image shows a two story house, clapboarded with six windows on the side of the house and door plus three windows on the gable end. Attached is a one story structure with a door, and a barrel outside the door. Each structure has a chimney. Beside the one story structure is a large barn. There are several trees in front of the house and a roadway.

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

W-1.625 L-8.687 inches

Provenance:

Spoon was a wedding gift to donor's parents, Bernice Ida Barnard (1882-1949) & Carl Stevens Plummer. Bernice Barnard was born in the Goffstown, NH house depicted. Gift from her cousin, Etta May Fullerton, 16th June, 1909, who was a bridesmaid at the wedding, which took place in Bedford, NH, where Bernice Barnard was born. Couple resided in Lawrence, MA after they were married.
Donor is daughter of Carl Stevens Plummer and Bernice Ida Barnard.

Credit Line:

Gift of Phyllis P. Kettler

People:

Plummer, Bernice Ida Barnard (1884-1949), Barnard, Samuel, Fullerton, Etta May (1888- ), Kettler, Phyllis P., Plummer, Carl Stevens

Subjects:

house