Spoon

Object Name:

Spoon

Object ID:

1969.005.093.1

Creator:

Taylor, Joseph

Place of Origin:

Birmingham, England

Date:

1806-1807

Description:

Tea-Caddy Spoon. Silver. Approximately trapezoidal bowl with very short hollow stem (l.25 inches). Shorter end of trapezoidal bowl attaches to stem. Stem is oval in cross section. Several solder marks at juncture of bowl and stem. Engraved design (roulette -work) in shield like form on front of bowl. Edges of shield in a Greek key pattern with plant sprays coming out of the top of the shield. Center of shield is undecorated. Engraved band encircling handle at end. Stamped mark on end of handle, "IT", in upper-case barred block lettering, within a double lobed circular mark. Same mark repeated on reverse of bowl together with three impressed hallmarks: lion passant left facing within rectangle; anchor within shield shaped mark; and in lower case Roman letter "i" within a shield shape mark (date letter for 1806-07).

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

W-1.25 L-2.75 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: 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

People:

Taylor, Joseph (1767-1827), Dadmun, Josiah A. (1840-1924), Dadmun, Susan (1844-1936), Doble, Helen I. (1881-1968)