Spoon, Dessert
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Dessert
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.108.2
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Dessert Spoon. Silver. "Fiddle" handle having upturned, rounded end with short rib on face; rounded shoulders above ovoid bowl. Script initial "B" engraved on reverse of handle. Impressed marks on reverse of handle shoulder "D" within oval (for Durgin). "Sterling," and "W. Kerr," all in upper case letters incuse.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.5 L-7.25 Dia-1.5 inches
- Provenance:
- The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-c.1925) and Susan Dadmun (1844-c.1934) Collection is a bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1969). Mrs. Doble's bequest includes: "my 'Durgin' silver." Other items in the collection include: New Hampshire and other silver, wallpaper samples, fans, personal items, and birchbark pictures made by E. H. Merrill.
- Credit Line:
- Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections, Bequest of Helen I. Dadmun Doble
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