Souvenir spoon, Paderewski, Ignacy Jan 1860-1941 - testament provenance, Japanese dragon motif, Silver souvenir spoon with a teardrop-shaped scoop decorated with an engraved stylized peony flower, Japanese inscription on the reverse, below it the Latin alphabet NAGASAKI; narrow half-cylinder handle topped with a half-plastic Japanese dragon with three claws, late 19th century, Asia, Far East, cutlery, varia, length 15 cm, width 3 cm, weight 15 g, A metal spoon lies flat against a smooth gray background, showing a slightly tarnished silvery surface with worn areas and scratches. The bowl of the spoon is rounded and has engraved decorative marks and shallow incised lines, while the handle is long and narrow with a flattened central section that transitions into a more ornate, irregularly shaped end with scalloped and jagged edges. The overall colors visible are silvery metal tones with darker gray tarnish, and the background is a uniform medium gray.
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Souvenir spoon, Paderewski, Ignacy Jan 1860-1941 - testament provenance, Japanese dragon motif, Silver souvenir spoon with a teardrop-shaped scoop decorated with an engraved stylized peony flower, Japanese inscription on the reverse, below it the Latin alphabet NAGASAKI; narrow half-cylinder handle topped with a half-plastic Japanese dragon with three claws, late 19th century, Asia, Far East, cutlery, varia, length 15 cm, width 3 cm, weight 15 g, A metal spoon lies flat against a smooth gray background, showing a slightly tarnished silvery surface with worn areas and scratches. The bowl of the spoon is rounded and has engraved decorative marks and shallow incised lines, while the handle is long and narrow with a flattened central section that transitions into a more ornate, irregularly shaped end with scalloped and jagged edges. The overall colors visible are silvery metal tones with darker gray tarnish, and the background is a uniform medium gray.

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Souvenir spoon Paderewski Ignacy Jan 1860-1941 - testament provenance Japanese dragon motif Silver souvenir spoon teardrop-shaped scoop decorated engraved stylized peony flower Japanese inscription reverse Latin alphabet NAGASAKI narrow half-cylinder handle topped half-plastic Japanese dragon three claws late 19th century Asia Far East cutlery varia length 15 cm width 3 cm weight 15 g metal spoon lies flat smooth gray background showing slightly tarnished silvery surface worn areas scratches bowl spoon rounded engraved decorative marks shallow incised lines long narrow flattened central section transitions ornate irregularly shaped scalloped jagged edges colors visible silvery metal tones darker gray tarnish background uniform medium gray.

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