(12) Antique William B. Durgin Company Sterling Silver Shellfish Spoons - 5.660 ozt. Beautiful unique pattern along the handle known as Watteau, with a gold wash on the bowl below the three pointed tines of each spoon. Monogrammed indistinctly on the handles. Marked on the undersides. 

Size: 5 x 1 in. 

Weight: 5.660 ozt. 

The William B. Durgin Company was a prominent American manufacturer of sterling silver flatware and hollowware established in Concord, New Hampshire in 1853. Founded by silversmith William Butler Durgin, who was eventually joined by his son George F. Durgin, the company grew into one of the largest sterling flatware producers in the United States, particularly known for their extremely opulent styles during the Aesthetic Period. Following the deaths of both Durgin and his son in 1905 the company began a gradual merger with the Gorham Manufacturing Company, officially completed in 1924, and production moved entirely to Providence, Rhode Island, in 1931, where Gorham continued to use their patterns and their silver mark until the late 1930s.

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