Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.111.2
- Creator:
- Bailey, Roswell H. (1804-1887)
- Place of Origin:
- Woodstock, VT
- Date:
- circa 1848
- Description:
- Tablespoon. Silver. Broad fiddle handle having down-turned round end, and flared rounded fins. Egg-shaped bowl. "L.N.W." engraved in script on front of handle. "WOODSTOCK", "1848", and "R.H.BAILEY", stamped in upper-case roman letters within rectangles on back of handle. One of a pair (1969.5.111.1-.2).
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.7 L-8.6 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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