"The Martha Durgin Collection of Historic China at the NHHS": Historical New Hampshire/ by New Hampshire Historical Society.
- Title:
- "The Martha Durgin Collection of Historic China at the NHHS": Historical New Hampshire/ by New Hampshire Historical Society.
- Author:
- New Hampshire Historical Society (Concord, NH).
- Call Number:
- 977.8 5321h
- Physical Description:
- p.1-3 : some illustrations.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1951 Vol.7 (April 1951) New Hampshire Historical Society
- Description:
- The article discusses antiques donated to the New Hampshire Historical Society in 1914 by china collector Martha Durgin. It examines Durgin's move to Concord, New Hampshire from Gardner, Massachusetts and her collection of antiques beginning in the late 1890s. The author explores the William B. Durgin Company, a silver-working company founded by Martha Durgin's husband. Other topics include the American habit of collecting souvenirs, especially souvenir spoons, and the manufacture of china in Staffordshire, England.
- Subjects:
- Antiques United States. , Preservation of antiques. , Porcelain. , Silversmiths. , Souvenir spoons.
- People:
- Durgin, Martha.
- Organizations:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
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