Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1987.038.06
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company
Silversmith ; Shreve, Crump & LowRetailer - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1893
- Description:
- Teaspoon. Manufactured by the William B. Durgin Company, Concord, NH; c. 1893. Silver. "Cromwell" pattern. Pointed-ended handle, with slightly upturned end. Egg-shaped bowl. Entire front and back of handle and stem decorated, with scrolls on the handle, beading (small balls) on the stem, and scrolls on the reverse bowl decoration. Engraved on front of handle in italic, "1893." Engraved on back of handle in upper- and lower-case script, "Marion." Cast within bowl decoration, raised script "D" (for Durgin, Concord NH). Stamped on back of stem, "STERLING", upper-case roman letters, incuse, and stamped on back of stem: "PAT.APD.FOR. S.C.L.CO." (for Shreve, Crump & Low, Boston) in upper-case roman letters.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.187 L-5.812 inches
- Provenance:
- One of seven spoons given as a gift to N.H.H.S. from Helena C. Hartley, appraiser, from Northwood, New Hampshire.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Helena C. Hartley
- People:
- Durgin, William B. (1833-1905)
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