Souvenir spoon, Ford Company fl. 1875–1899. 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 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:. 1890s. New Haven, United States of America. Cutlery. Height 10.5 cm; width 2.4 cm; weight 15 g., A single metal spoon lies flat on a plain gray background, showing a rounded bowl with a slightly worn and mottled silver surface and a long, slim handle ending in a scalloped decorative tip; visible colors include various shades of silver, gray, and a small area of muted red on the decorative tip.
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Souvenir spoon, Ford Company fl. 1875–1899. 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 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:. 1890s. New Haven, United States of America. Cutlery. Height 10.5 cm; width 2.4 cm; weight 15 g., A single metal spoon lies flat on a plain gray background, showing a rounded bowl with a slightly worn and mottled silver surface and a long, slim handle ending in a scalloped decorative tip; visible colors include various shades of silver, gray, and a small area of muted red on the decorative tip.

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Souvenir spoon Ford Company fl 1875–1899 ovoid scoop pointed tip half-handle oblique notches flat splitting mounted circular plaque struck facsimile seal Yale University center open book Hebrew inscription URIM TUMMIM enclosed cartouche Latin inscription LUX ET VERITAS inscription rim Sigill Coll Yalen Nov Port Angl 1890s New Haven United States America Cutlery Height 10.5 cm width 2.4 cm weight 15 g single metal spoon lies plain gray background showing rounded bowl slightly worn mottled silver surface long slim handle ending scalloped decorative tip visible colors include various shades gray small area muted red decorative tip.

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