Souvenir Spoon

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Collection Type

Relics and souvenirs

Date

ca. 1890

GUSN

GUSN-321400

Description

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of Bunker Hill monument molded on spoon bowl. Handle depicts monument and symbols and landmarks of the city, including a bean pot, Paul Revere on horseback, the Washington Elm, the Old State House, and the Old South Church. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Details

Descriptive Terms

spoons
sterling silver
Souvenir
Spoon, Souvenir
Spoon, Souvenir

Inscription

W (Engraved)
[Mark: A in Diamond] / STERLING" (Engraved)

Additional Identification Number

1108

Maker

Alvin Manufacturing Co.

Location of Origin

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Dimensions

6 1/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Joan Pearson Watkins Trust

Accession Number

2016.64.6.25

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