Spoon

Object Name:

Spoon

Object ID:

1991.044.01

Creator:

Curtis, Henry H. & CompanyManufacturer

Place of Origin:

North Attleboro, MA

Date:

1891-1900

Description:

Spoon, miniature. Silver, with gold wash, and enamel decoration. Handle with slightly upturned trifid end. Egg-shaped bowl. Molded scroll motif on front of handle and stem, with three segments filled with enamel, 2 of turquoise color and 1 of white.(Accession information states: "Inlaid with turquoise and a white stone on handle.) Slight evidence of gold wash on bowl and handle. Stamped on back of handle, griffin's head over 3 small ovals, with what appears to be something in the griffin's mouth, and "STERLING" in upper-case sans-serif letters, incuse.

Material:

Metal
Stone
Silver
Enamel

Dimensions:

W-0.625 L-3.25 inches

Provenance:

One of a group of Civil War reunion souvenir items having belonged to Harriet P. Dame (1815-1900) of Barnstead, New Hampshire, known for her work as a nurse during the Civil War. Items were said to have been given by Harriet Dame to her young great-nephew (Harriet's sister's -- Mary Ellen Dame Shackford -- great-grandson), Sidney Briggs Blaisdell (1895-1977) of Providence, R.I., father of the donor.
Maker's mark is probably that of H.H. Curtis & Co., North Attleboro, Massachusetts, in business c. 1891-1915.

Credit Line:

Gift of Ruth Blaisdell Simmons

People:

Dame, Harriet P. (1815-1900), Blaisdell, Sidney B. (1895-1977), Simmons, Ruth B. (1924-2014)

Subjects:

Souvenirs, Civil wars, Miniatures, Nurses