Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1995.505.08
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B.; Marsh, Benjamin; Hoffman, Frederick W.
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, New Hampshire
- Date:
- 1891
- Description:
- Souvenir Spoon. Made by the William B. Durgin Company, Concord, NH. Silver. Round ended handle with slightly upturned end. Egg-shaped bowl. 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. Top of 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: "KNICKERBOCKER". Stamped or cast on the back of the shoulder in upper case script is a "D" within a circle mark. Stamped or cast on back of the stem in upper case roman letters incuse: "STERLING.". "STERLING" also on the back of the stem in upper case roman letters, as is "PAT'D." Stamped on the back of the stem in upper case roman letters, incuse: "MARSH&HOFFMAN".
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.125 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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