Souvenir Spoon

Item Information

Title:
Souvenir Spoon
Description:
It has a shallow egg-shaped bowl on a tapering stem and a rounded handle. The terminus is cast with the head of Columbus, inscriptions and a decorative scroll. The handle stem has an inscription on a stippled ground.
Date:
1890–1895
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
silver (metal)
plate (material)
spoons
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
commemoratives
exhibitions (events)
world's fairs (exhibitions)
Silver
Commemorative
World's Fair
Expositions
Exploration
World's Columbian Exposition (1893)
Columbus, Christopher
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Newbury
Columbian Exposition
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.)
Extent:
4.5 in. (H)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/50999
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
Accession #:
1986.612
Identifier:
50999