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Souvenir spoon, Ford Company fl. 1875–1899 goldsmith's company; Paderewski, Ignacy Jan 1860–1941 - bequest; logos. Souvenir spoon with an ovoid scoop with a pointed tip; half-handle with oblique notches, then flat, splitting at the end with a mounted circular plaque with a struck facsimile of the seal of Yale University in New Haven — in the center an open book with the Hebrew inscription URIM./TUMMIM enclosed in a cartouche around which is the Latin inscription LUX ET VERITAS; inscription around the rim SIGILL: COLL: YALEN: NOV: PORT: NOV: ANGL: Date: 1890s. Place of origin: New Haven, United States of America. Object type: cutlery. Dimensions: height 10.5 cm; width 2.4 cm; weight 15 g., A single metal spoon lies horizontally against a solid medium-gray background, showing a slightly tarnished oval bowl with subtle darker speckles and a warm, muted silver patina; the handle is long and tapers from a twisted midsection into a flattened end that features a round decorative medallion with raised detailing in the same dull silver color.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Keywords

Souvenir spoon Ford Company fl 1875–1899 goldsmith's company Paderewski Ignacy Jan 1860–1941 - bequest logos ovoid scoop pointed tip half-handle oblique notches flat splitting mounted circular plaque struck facsimile seal Yale University New Haven center open book Hebrew inscription URIM TUMMIM enclosed cartouche Latin inscription LUX ET VERITAS inscription rim SIGILL Coll Yalen Nov Port Angl Date 1890s Place origin United States America Object type cutlery Dimensions height 10.5 cm width 2.4 cm weight 15 g single metal spoon lies horizontally solid medium-gray background showing slightly tarnished oval bowl subtle darker speckles warm muted silver patina handle long tapers twisted midsection flattened features round decorative medallion raised detailing dull silver color.