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Search Terms |
de Boutville Company half teaspoon |
Catalog Number |
2002.016.001 |
Object Name |
Spoon |
Description |
It looks like an ordinary teaspoon cut square in half with the side built up. Words on the back of the handle read 'the DeBoutville Co. Fitchburg, Mass, Pat Jan 24, [19]05' |
Material |
metal |
Dimensions |
W-0.75 L-5.75 inches |
People |
Boutelle, Frances Upton Boutelle, Ralph Crocker, Kendall |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Lexicon sub-category |
Food Service T&E |
Donor |
Hayward, Charleen |
Notes |
Invented and patented by Flora Upton Boutelle Jan. 24, 1905. Sold by mail and salesmen, never in stores, by DeBouteville Company (Brs. Boutelle, son Ralph & son-in-law Kendall Crocker). Spoons made in Wallingford, CT. of white metal or silver plate. At least 40,000 were sold. |
Catalog date |
2002-03-05 |
Date |
1905 |