Caption
Souvenir spoon, Mechanics Sterling Co Attleboro; goldsmith's firm; fl. 1896–1955. Souvenir spoon with ovoid scoop, gilded, decorated with an engraved representation of a Victorian-style building resembling a French chateau, built on a rock in 1896 with the inscription in italics SAN FRANCISCO CLIFF/HOUSE; a widening handle with a profiled edge decorated with a relief ornament on both sides; on one side an inscription along the handle CALIFORNIA 1849 adoption of the California Constitution and the beginning of the gold rush, above it a gold prospector; in the finial a bear symbolizing the state of California; on the reverse fruit characteristic of California; in the finial the state emblem — a seated Minerva, next to her a lying bear, in the background a landscape. Date: 1896–1907. Place of origin: United States of America; Attleboro. Classification: cutlery. Dimensions: length 10 cm, width 2 cm, weight 5 g., A single ornate spoon lies horizontally against a plain gray background, showing a metallic bowl with a warm golden tone and a long silver handle with intricate raised decorative patterns and sculpted figures; the handle ends in a decorative rounded terminal that is darker silver and features embossed ornamental motifs.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A09_035
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