Teaspoon

Object Name:

Teaspoon

Object ID:

1975.061.05 e

Creator:

Durgin, William B. CompanyManufacturer; Nelson, Nathaniel C. & Co.Jeweler

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1891-1915

Description:

Teaspoon. Silver, cast in William B Durgin's "Watteau" pattern, introduced circa 1890. Flat handle having irregular outline, broadening and then narrowing to rounded end. Egg-shaped bowl. Embossed decoration on both surfaces of handle consisting mainly of asymetrical scrolled borders with occasional flowers. Design continues onto reverse of bowl in simulation of a drop. Script initial "F" engraved on handle face. Several marks on back of stem: cast upper-case script "D" (for Durgin); cast upper-case sans-serif "STERLING", incuse; and "N.C.NELSON & CO." stamped in upper case Roman letters, incuse. One of a set of 12.

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

W-1.2 L-5.8 inches

Provenance:

Part of a set of silver dinner flatware (5 different shapes of spoons and forks, all engraved "F") having belonged to Mary Anna and Josiah Eastman Fernald (1856-1949). Mr. Fernald was President of the National State Capital Bank in Concord, New Hampshire. The set was donated to the N.H.H.S. by their daughter, Ruth Fernald Holst (1887-1979) in 1975.
The spoons have the marks of the William B. Durgin Co. of silversmiths of Concord, N.H., and N. C. Nelson & Co., jewelers of Concord, N.H. (c.1872->1915)

Credit Line:

Gift of Ruth Fernald Holst

People:

Durgin, William B. (1833-1905), Nelson, Nathaniel C. (1835-1909), Fernald, Josiah E. (1856-1949), Fernald, Mary Anna (1856-1939), Holst, Ruth Fernald (1887-1979)