Spoon, Condiment
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Condiment
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.094.1
- Creator:
- Myers, Samuel & Jacob
Jeweler - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1856-1865
- Description:
- Condiment Spoon. Silver or silverplate. Fin-and-fiddle form. Double-swell fiddle handle with upturned rounded end, and mid-rib (7/16") on front. Flared, rounded fins. Elliptical bowl, oriented laterally. Stamped on back of stem, in upper-case roman letters, incuse: "S.& J.MYERS".
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-0.875 L-5.1 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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