Spoon
- Object Name:
- Spoon
- Object ID:
- 1995.505.07
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B.; Marsh, Benjamin; Hoffman, Frederick W.
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1891
- Description:
- Souvenir Spoon. Made by the William B. Durgin Company, Concord, NH. Silver. Round ended handle with slightly upturned end. Teardrop shaped bowl, i.e., round with pinched end; pinched end is asymetrical. Satin finish in bowl and possible evidence of a gold wash which has been worn away. Decoration covers the entire front of the handle and stem. The top of the handle depicts a man in 17th-century Dutch dress sitting in a chair holding a stein in his left hand and a pipe in his right hand. Behind the man is the edge of a fireplace. Below, oriented vertically down the stem in upper case stylized raised letters, is the word: "KNICKERBOCKER". Stamped on the back of the bowl in upper case roman letters incuse: "PAT'D." Stamped on the back of the shoulder in upper case script is a "D" within a circle mark. Stamped or cast on the back of the stem in upper case roman letters incuse: "STERLING."; also stamped on the back of the stem in upper case roman letters incuse is "PAT'D". Also on the stem is stamped in upper case roman letters: "MARSH&HOFFMAN", incuse.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.187 L-5.812 inches
- Provenance:
- Souvenir spoon of the New York "Knickerbocker," made by Durgin Co., Concord, New Hampshire. The spoon has the mark of Albany, New York jewelers, Marsh & Hoffman (partnership 1880/81-1896). The Knickerbocker spoon was patented by Marsh & Hoffman in 1891.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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