Spoon
- Object Name:
- Spoon
- Object ID:
- 2025.031.19
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company -- Silversmith
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1891-1900
- Description:
- Spoon. Sterling silver souvenir spoon, William B. Durgin, Concord, New Hampshire, c. 1891-1900. The spoon has a relief design on the handle of a brick and a banner marked "TAUNTON" that wraps around a fish (the shad and alewife fisheries on the Taunton River were an important industry in Taunton at the time, as was brickmaking) and extends down the neck of the spoon. Bowl is extended (orange spoon). Back of bowl is stamped "PAT. MCH. 3. 91." which refers to a Durgin patent on the bowl shape. Back of spoon neck is stamped with the cursive capital D hallmark of the William B. Durgin Company, as well as "STERLING. PAT'D APD. FOR." and "E.D. TISDALE & SON" for jeweler Ebenezer Dawes Tisdale of Taunton, MA.
- Material:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- W-1.188 L-5.75 D-0.875 inches
- Credit Line:
- Richard F. Upton New Hampshire Silver Collection, Gift of William W. Upton
- People:
- Durgin, William B. (1833-1905)
- Subjects:
- Silversmiths, Silver services, Silverware industry, Fish
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