Dish, Bonbon

Object Name:

Dish, Bonbon

Object ID:

1922.009.11.1

Creator:

Durgin, William B. Company

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1908

Description:

Bonbon Dish, one of a set of six. Silver. Shallow bowl with wide flat rim and round pedestal base. Rim edged with a band of reeding with foliage. Rim decorated in a swag pattern, the New Hampshire State Seal in a laurel wreath, and the Navy Department Seal in a laurel wreath. Base ring also edged with a band of reeding. Stamped on bottom in upper case sans-serif lettering "STERLING" incuse. Also stamped in a script letter "D" within a crowned shield (for William B. Durgin Company).

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

H-2.375 Dia-6.625 inches

Provenance:

The U.S.S. New Hampshire was built by the New York Shipbuilding Company and commissioned on March 19, 1908. There were 41 officers and 809 men on board. In 1907 the state legislature appropriated $6,000 for the design and manufacture of a silver service. The William B. Durgin Company of Concord, NH made the service and it was presented to the U.S.S. New Hampshire by Gov. Charles M. Floyd on August 8, 1908 at Portsmouth. The silver service consists of 72 pieces.

The U.S.S. New Hampshire was decommissioned in 1921 as a result of the Washington Naval Treaty and sold for scrap in November 1923.

Credit Line:

On Loan from the United States Navy Department

People:

Durgin, William B. (1833-1905), Floyd, Charles M. (1861-1923)

Subjects:

U.S.S. New Hampshire, Naval ships, Nationalism