Tablespoon
- Object Name:
- Tablespoon
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.053.2
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1885-1886
- Description:
- Tablespoon, one of a pair. Silver, in Durgin's "Scroll" pattern. Flattened-ended handle, with round corners, and slightly upturned end. Egg-shaped bowl. Front of handle and stem fully decorated in relief with leaves and scrolls, and one flower at the handle-stem juncture. Back of the handle outlined with the scroll pattern, with a void in the center within which is the engraved monogram, "D", in black lettering. Stamped on back of shoulder, "D", in upper-case script within an oval mark (for William B. Durgin), and "STERLING" in upper-case roman letters, incuse.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.75 L-8.375 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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