Beautifully detailed sterling souvenir spoon
commemorating the LICK OBSERVATORY, SAN JOSE, CAL.The entire spoon is figural as the bowl and handle are in the shape of a miner's shovel and the top of the spoon is the miner's head, a pick and shovel and a pan containing gold ore.The reverse side of the spoon also shows excellent detail.It's marked "sterling" and has a maker's mark of an H in a pennant.Ca.1900. Very good condition. 4" long.
A most unusual form of souvenir cutlery. This mother-of-pearl handled cheese knife is a remembrance of Fort Marion, Florida.The maker and/or seller was Greenleaf & Crosby of Jacksonville, Florida.
The silver ferrule shows Fort Marion, The Old City Gate and the Old Cathedral.This ca. 1900 knife measures 8 1/4".Condition is fine.
