Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1995.505.17
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B.
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1891-1903
- Description:
- Souvenir Spoon. Made by the William B. Durgin Company, Concord, NH. Silver. Point-ended handle, slightly upturned. Egg-shaped bowl. Front and back of handle fully decorated. Handle front shows portrait of a man, beneath which are columns on the stem, with ribbons around the columns. On the ribbons are the following words: "THE / AUTOCRAT / OF THE / BREAKFAST TABLE". Handle back shows 2-wheel carriage encircled with "OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES" and "BOSTON". Leaf sprigs and ribbons decorate the back of the stem and the back of the bowl. Back of bowl and stem stamped "PAT'D.1891" in upper-case roman letters incuse; cast on back of stem in cursive, "D", within a circle mark; cast on back of stem, "STERLING" in uppercase roman letters, incuse; and stamped on back of stem "RAND&CRANE", in upper-case roman letters, incuse.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.187 L-5.812 inches
- Provenance:
- Souvenir spoon of Oliver Wendell Holmes's (1809-1894) publication, "The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table," originally published as magazine installments 1857-1858. Spoon made by Durgin Co., Concord, New Hampshire, and has a jeweler's mark of Rand & Crane, Boston, Mass. Rand & Crane used Holmes as a trademark on silver and plated souvenir forks and spoons, 1891-1903.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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