Souvenir spoon, Ford Company fl. 1875–1899 role classification of creator, goldsmith's company author, Paderewski, Ignacy Jan 1860–1941 — 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 motto; inscription around the rim: SIGILL: COLL: YALEN: NOV: PORT: NOV: ANGL:, 1890s, United States of America, New Haven, cutlery, height 10.5 cm, width 2.4 cm, weight 15 g, A metal spoon lying on a smooth gray surface, with a long twisted handle and a shallow bowl showing some mottled darker spots; the spoon and surface are shades of silver and gray, with subtle darker gray shadows beneath the spoon and a hint of brownish tarnish on the bowl.
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Souvenir spoon, Ford Company fl. 1875–1899 role classification of creator, goldsmith's company author, Paderewski, Ignacy Jan 1860–1941 — 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 motto; inscription around the rim: SIGILL: COLL: YALEN: NOV: PORT: NOV: ANGL:, 1890s, United States of America, New Haven, cutlery, height 10.5 cm, width 2.4 cm, weight 15 g, A metal spoon lying on a smooth gray surface, with a long twisted handle and a shallow bowl showing some mottled darker spots; the spoon and surface are shades of silver and gray, with subtle darker gray shadows beneath the spoon and a hint of brownish tarnish on the bowl.

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Souvenir spoon Ford Company fl 1875–1899 role classification creator goldsmith's company author Paderewski Ignacy Jan 1860–1941 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 motto inscription rim Sigill Coll Yalen Nov Port Angl 1890s United States America cutlery height 10.5 cm width 2.4 cm weight 15 g metal spoon lying smooth gray surface long twisted handle shallow bowl showing mottled darker spots surface shades silver gray subtle darker gray shadows beneath hint brownish tarnish bowl.

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