Souvenir spoon

1891

Place madeProvidence, Rhode Island, United States, North America

andSalem, Massachusetts

Silver

Overall: 4 1/4 x 1 x 1/2 in. ( 10.8 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm )

Gift of Dr. Thomas O. Mabbott

1949.218

In "Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers" (1975), Dorothy Rainwater refers to the "the first Witch spoon designed for Daniel Low Company," and implies that it originally appeared around 1891.

Descriptionsilver souvenir spoon with plain pointed oval bowl and handle shaped like a witch's broom with small witch figure finial; cat figure (front and back) at shoulder; stamped retailer's mark and pseudo-hallmark on reverse.

Markingsin relief: on obverse of handle: "SALEM 1692" stamped: on back of bowl: "[lion][anchor]G / STERLING / DANIEL LOW"

ClassificationsSILVER