Tablespoon

Object Name:

Tablespoon

Object ID:

1988.016.02

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: "STERLING", incuse. Engraved on front of handle is an image of a bumblebee for Bernice Barnard's initials. The engraved image in the bowl is of a large, New England house - the Barnard House, built by Fred M. Barnard, c. 1885 on Worthley Road, Bedford, NH. The view is of the gable end of the house which includes a door, five windows, a diamond-shaped attic vent/window and a front porch. A side view of the remainder of the building shows at least three additional segments to the house. The house has two chimneys. There are several trees and shrubs also in the foreground.

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

W-1.625 L-8.75 inches

Provenance:

Spoon was a wedding gift to donor's parents, Bernice Ida Barnard (1882-1949) & Carl Stevens Plummer, married in the Bedford, NH house depicted. Bernice also grew up in that house. Gift from her cousin, Etta May Fullerton, 16th June, 1909, who was a bridesmaid at the wedding. Couple resided in Lawrence, MA after they were married.

Credit Line:

Gift of Phyllis P. Kettler

People:

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

Subjects:

house