Spoon, Sugar
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Sugar
- Object ID:
- 1977.018
- Creator:
- Ward, Austin M.
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1853-1855
- Description:
- Sugar shell spoon. Silver. Fin-and-fiddle form. Double-swell fiddle handle, with upturned round end, and mid-rib on front. Flared, rounded fins. Shell-shaped, fluted bowl. Engraved on front of handle, in upper- and lower-case script, "MA Lovering". Stamped on back of stem, in upper-case roman letters, "A.M.WARD.", within a plain rectangle. Stamped on back of handle, in upper-case roman letters, "CONCORD.N.H.", incuse.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.25 L-6 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by NHHS at auction from Haverhill, N.H. (resides in Pike, N.H.) auctioneer, Archie Steenburgh.
The spoon has the engraved name, M. A. Lovering, and the maker's mark of Austin Ward, Concord, N.H. The mark suggests a date in the mid-1850s.
M. A. Lovering has not yet been identified, but is probably a descendant of the large Lovering family of Loudon, N.H. Moses Lovering moved his family from Exeter, N.H. to Loudon, N.H. in 1787; many of his 13 children (9 boys) continued to reside and raise families in the Loudon area. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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