Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.102
- Creator:
- Sanborn, Amos (1812-1872)
- Place of Origin:
- Lowell, MA
- Date:
- 1849-1866
- Description:
- Teaspoon. Silver. Double-swell fiddle handle with rounded fins, down-turned end. Egg-shaped bowl. Script initials "H.R.M." engraved on top of handle. Stamped on back of stem at junction of handle in a pointed banner, in script upper-and lower-case letters: "A. Sanborn.". Stamped on back of fins/stem: "LOWELL.", in upper case roman lettering, within a rectangle with rounded left end.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.25 L-5.7 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 collection of early American sterling silver spoons." 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
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