Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 1989.003.10.3
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company
Silversmith ; Derby, James C. (1867-1928)Jeweler - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1910
- Description:
- Teaspoon. "Fairfax" pattern. Silver. Slightly upturned-ended handle, flaring to squared end with incurved corners. Threaded border on face of handle. Mitered corners at end of handle. Stem is square in cross-section. Egg-shaped bowl. Engraved on front of handle, "h" monogram, in lower-case black lettering. A hammered texture fills the lines of the letter. Four stamps on back of stem: "D" (for Wm. B. Durgin Co.), in upper-case script, within a circle mark, "STERLING" in upper-case roman letters, incuse, "M" sans-serif, incuse (possibly a mark to indicate the year of manufacture), and "J.C DERBY" (for Concord jeweler, James Clare Derby), in upper-case roman letters, incuse. One of a set of four.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.187 L-5.687 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the bequest of household furnishings, fire bucket, Civil War sword, ointment packaging equipment, silver, silhouettes, and other misc. items and manuscripts from home of Montgomery Herbert, Concord, N.H. The Herbert family has lived in Concord, N.H. since the 18th century.
These spoons are of Durgin Company's Fairfax pattern, which was introduced c.1910 and became very popular. They were produced in Concord, N.H. The spoons also have the mark of James C. Derby (1867-1923), who was a Concord jeweler at that time. The H monogram on these spoons are for Herbert, and they were probably made for the donor's parents, Mary E. Glover (c.1856-) and Charles A. Herbert (1849-1913), who were married in 1879. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Montgomery Herbert
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