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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.
spoons
silver (metal)
plate (material)
commemoratives
exhibitions (events)
world's fairs
Silver
Commemorative
World's Fair
Expositions
Exploration
SPOON, DEMITASSE
Molded into the handle tip and stem is: 1492 COLUMBUS 1892/WORLDS FAIR . Incised into the back of the stem is a mark that reads: A.I COIN SILVER CO.
Columbus, Christopher
Associated With Columbian Exposition,
World's Columbian Exposition (1893)
Unknown
4.5 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.612
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