Spoon, Dessert
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Dessert
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.101
- Creator:
- Sanborn, Amos (1812-1872)
Jeweler - Place of Origin:
- Lowell, MA
- Date:
- 1849-1866
- Description:
- Dessert Spoon. Silver. Double-swell fiddle handle with upturned end and rounded fins, short rib on front (3/4"). Egg-shaped bowl. "M.S.E." engraved in script on handle face. Impressed marks on reverse of handle face: "A.Sanborn." in script letters in pointed banner, and "LOWELL." in upper case roman letters within a plain rectangle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.125 L-7.2 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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