Spoon, Dessert
- Object Name:
- Spoon, Dessert
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.008.3
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. (1833-1905)
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Dessert Spoon. Silver. One of a set of three (1969.005.008.3, .4, .5). Fin and fiddle form. Double swell fiddle handle with upturned, round end and 1/2" mid-rib on front. The stem is square in cross-section. Flared, rounded fins. Egg-shaped bowl.Engraved on front of handle in upper and lower case script: "C.B.Noyes." Nothing is engraved on the back of the handle. Stamped on back of fin/stem in upper case roman letters: "WM.B.DURGIN", incuse.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.375 L-7.437 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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