Spoon, Orange
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Orange
- Object ID:
- 1987.038.07
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B.
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1891
- Description:
- Spoon, for fruit or oranges. Cast silver, with slight evidence of a gold wash on the bowl, in Durgin's "Heraldic" pattern. Round-ended handle, with slightly upturned end. Pointed oval bowl, with crease in center from front to back, and flanges at base. Complex design covers entire handle and stem. Starting at the base of the stem, with scrolls and acanthus leaves, from which emerges a castle turret, then a rearing elk, a lion passant, a crown above, terminating with two upwardly pointing wings. Scroll design on back of handle, with reeds decorating the stem edges, and acanthus leaves as bowl decoration. Engraved on back of handle, in upper- and lower-case script, "Helen 1891". Cast into back of stem, raised "D" (for Durgin), in upper-case script; also cast into back of stem in upper-case sans-serif letters, "STERLING". Stamped into back of stem, in upper-case roman letters, "RICHARDS".
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.062 L-5.562 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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