Spoon, Dessert
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Dessert
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.008.2
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. (1833-1905) -- Jeweler
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1865
- Description:
- Dessert Spoon. Silver. Fin and fiddle form. One of a set of six (1969.005.008.1, .2, .6, .7, .8, .9). Double swell fiddle handle with upturned, round end and 1/2" mid-rib on front. Stem is square in cross section. Flared, round fins. Egg-shaped bowl. Engraved on front of handle in upper and lower case script: "C.H.Noyes." Engraved on back of handle in upper case script: "A.E.A.". Stamped on back of stem/fins in upper case roman letters: "WM. B. DURGIN."; this Durgin mark is upside down relative to the same marks on most of the others in this set.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.375 L-7.187 inches
- Provenance:
- The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-1924) and Susan (McDaniels) Dadmun (1844-1936) Collection is a bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1968). Mrs. Doble's bequest included: "my collection of early American sterling silver spoons." The collection also included "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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