Spoon, Sugar
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Sugar
- Object ID:
- 1974.040.06
- Creator:
- Sanborn, Amos (1812-1872)
- Place of Origin:
- Lowell, MA
- Date:
- 1849-1854
- Description:
- Sugar Spoon. Silver. Made by Amos Sanborn (1812-1872), Lowell, MA; Owned by Melissa M. Metcalf (1834-1911). Double-swell fiddle handle with downturned end, rounded fins. Straight scoop bowl with upward slanting edges. Script initials "MMM" engraved on top of handle face. Stamped on back of fins/stem: "A.Sanborn." in upper- and lower-case script, within a pointed banner. Stamped on back of stem: "LOWELL.", in upper-case roman letters, within a rectangle with rounded right side.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.3 L-6 inches
- Provenance:
- Believed to have belonged to Melissa M. Metcalf (1834-1911), who married Enoch R. Weeks in 1854 and lived in Warren, New Hampshire until 1872. She was the grandmother of the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mildred Weeks Page
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