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Teaspoon

Object Name:
Teaspoon
Object ID:
1969.005.059.05
Creator:
Durgin, William B. CompanySilversmith
Place of Origin:
Concord, NH
Date:
1890-1915
Description:
Teaspoon, one of a set of 12. Silver, cast in Durgin's "Cromwell" pattern. Round-ended handle, with upturned end, and small projection at center of end. Egg-shaped bowl. Entire edge of handle and stem, front and back, decorated with a scroll and bead pattern. On back, scroll pattern continues onto back of bowl. Engraved on front of handle, "D", in black lettering. Cast within bowl decoration, "D" (for William Durgin) in upper-case script; cast on back of stem, "STERLING", in upper-case sans-serif letters, incuse.
Material:
Metal
Silver
Dimensions:
W-1.187 L-5.687 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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