Collection Highlights
Major Gen'l Z. Taylor Before Monterey
Date:
1848
Object Number:
PR.068.27
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Souvenir spoon
Object Number:
1949.201
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
overall: 5 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 7/8 in.
Marks:
engraved: on inside of bowl: "PROSPECT HOUSE / NYACK N.Y."
stamped: on reverse: "S [lion][anchor]G STERLING"
Description:
silver souvenir spoon with view of Prospect House, Nyack, New York, engraved on inside of pointed oval bowl; wavy handle with scrolled edges; stamped maker's mark on reverse.
Gallery Label:
In the 1890s and early years of the twentieth century thousands of souvenir spoons were made by dozens of United States manufacturers. Gorham, the largest manufacturer of sterling flatwares in the U.S. at the turn of the century, dominated the souvenir spoon market almost from the beginning. (See Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., "Gorham Silver, 1831-1981," pp. 180-199.)
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Thomas O. Mabbott, 1949
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
