Spoon
- Object Name:
- Spoon
- Object ID:
- 2025.031.11
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company -- Silversmith
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1890-1900
- Description:
- Spoon. Sterling silver souvenir spoon, William B. Durgin, Concord, New Hampshire, c. 1890-1900. The spoon has a relief head and shoulders portrait on the handle of a balding man with mustache (Nathaniel Hawthorne), below which is "SALEM." followed by a facsimile signature "Nath Hawthorne". Back of handle lists some of Hawthorne's notable books: "THE / HOUSE of / THE SEVEN / GABLES. SCARLET / LETTER. / MARBLE / FAUN. / TWICE / TOLD / TALES." Back of spoon neck is stamped with the cursive capital D hallmark of the William B. Durgin Company, as well as "STERLING" and "D. LOW" for the Salem, MA, jeweler Daniel Low.
- Material:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- W-1.188 L-5.875 D-0.75 inches
- Credit Line:
- Richard F. Upton New Hampshire Silver Collection, Gift of William W. Upton
- Subjects:
- Silversmiths, Silver services, Silverware industry
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