Caption

Souvenir spoon, Towle Silversmith fl. 1882-, — souvenir spoon with an ovoid dipper with a pointed tip, showing a scene of the interior of a mine with two men with pickaxes; on the reverse an engraved cursive inscription Batle Mont probably referring to Battle Mount, Nevada. Straight, flaring handle with a lanceolate tip; handle grip depicts a man standing by a well, turning a crank and winding up a chain running along the handle to which a bucket filled with ore is attached, reaching into the mine. On the reverse of the handle a crossed shovel, pickaxe and a rope with an incomprehensible inscription. Late 19th century, Newburyport, United States of America. Materials: cutlery silver. Dimensions: height 14.6 cm, width 2.3 cm, weight 30 g. Made by Towle Silversmith., A metal spoon photographed against a gray background, showing a decorative bowl with an engraved scene and a long ornate handle with bead-like edging; the spoon has overall metallic silver tones with darker engraved areas creating contrast, and the background is a uniform medium gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A09_011

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Keywords

Souvenir spoon Towle Silversmith fl 1882- souvenir spoon ovoid dipper pointed tip showing scene interior mine two men pickaxes reverse engraved cursive inscription Batle Mont referring Battle Mount Nevada Straight flaring handle lanceolate tip handle grip depicts man standing well turning crank winding up chain running handle bucket filled ore attached reaching crossed shovel pickaxe rope incomprehensible inscription Late 19th century Newburyport United States America Materials cutlery silver Dimensions height 14.6 cm width 2.3 cm weight 30 g Towle Silversmith metal spoon photographed gray background decorative bowl engraved scene long ornate handle bead- edging spoon metallic silver tones darker engraved areas creating contrast background uniform medium gray.