Spoon
- Object Name:
- Spoon
- Object ID:
- 2025.056.04
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company -- Silversmith
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1890-1900
- Description:
- Spoon. Sterling silver souvenir spoon with relief design on the handle of a man in clerical robes with a cross around his neck and holding a Bible (This design is based on an 1884 limestone sculpture in Detroit of French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette by Julius Theodore Melchers.), with relief capital letters beneath spelling "FATHER MARQUETTE". Bowl has relief design of two Native American men behind a tree observing a distant boat with year "1668" at bottom. William B. Durgin Company, Concord, NH, c. 1890-1900. Back of handle is engraved with monogram "J.A.W." while back of spoon neck is stamped with the cursive capital D hallmark of the William B. Durgin Company, as well as "STERLING PAT. APD. FOR." and "GEO. N. CONKLIN MARQUETTE MICH" for the jeweler.
- Material:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- W-1.25 L-5.813 D-0.75 inches
- Credit Line:
- Richard F. Upton New Hampshire Silver Collection, Gift of William W. Upton
- People:
- Durgin, William B. (1833-1905)
- Subjects:
- Silverware industry, Silverwork, Silverware, Silversmiths, Bible, Cross, Missionary
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