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Teaspoon

Object Name:
Teaspoon
Object ID:
1978.017.06
Creator:
Whiting Manufacturing CompanySilversmith; Dunlap, Thomas (1822-1892)Jeweler
Place of Origin:
New York, NY
Date:
circa 1885
Description:
Teaspoon. Sold by Thomas Dunlap (1822-1895), Manchester, NH; Made by the Whiting Manufacturing Company, New York, NY. Owned by Emma Ann (Cobb) Hoyt (1854-1897); c. 1885. Silver. "Berry" pattern. Slightly shaped handle, with upturned end. Egg-shaped bowl. Cast design covers entire front of handle and stem, in a pattern of berries (e.g., blueberries) with stems and leaves. Background at top of handle looks like tiny shells. Engraved on back of spoon in upper-case script, "E.A.H.". Stamped on back of bowl/stem juncture is a two-headed animal, facing right, incuse (mark for Whiting Mfg. Co.); "STERLING" in upper-case sans-serif letters, incuse. Stamped on back of stem: "THOS[.]DUNLAP.", in upper-case roman letters, incuse. One of a set of twelve.
Material:
Metal
Silver
Dimensions:
W-1.25 L-6.125 inches
Provenance:
The set of teaspoons was originally owned by Emma Ann (Cobb) Hoyt (1854-1897) of Manchester. She was the aunt of the donor, Margaret M. Vanderveer (1903-1993).
Credit Line:
Gift of Margaret M. Vanderveer
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