Teaspoon
- Object Name:
- Teaspoon
- Object ID:
- 2015.027.16
- Creator:
- Parker, Charles & Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Meriden, CT
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Teaspoon, britannia metal. Made by Charles Parker & Company, Meriden, CT. Cast spoon with downturned tapered handle and egg-shaped bowl. "C. PARKER & Co." stamped in rectangle on back of handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Britannia - Dimensions:
- W-1.1 L-5.5 inches Weight-0.7 oz
- Provenance:
- Accompanied by note written by Frances Perry Dudley (1861-1953) of Exeter, NH: "Small pewter spoon from Derry. My father-in-law bought at auctions old plates, etc. suitable for his old fashioned kitchen." Her father-in-law was Horace F. Dudley (1832-1884).
Part of the Perry-Dudley Family Archive and Shepard Collection. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard, Anne Shepard Bullis, and G. Dudley Shepard
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