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Souvenir Spoon Set Price Sale #555

Begins: October 12, 2019

Ends: October 20, 2019

To purchase spoons, send request to: campaniansociety@gmail.com

You may also telephone: 513-258-6595

You may also send you bids via usps

Payment by check or money order only. Credit cards not accepted

All spoons purchased will be sent by Priority Mail w/ insurance

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888x-0001. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Spoon. Happy Days Banjo Player Thomasville Georgia
Hdle obv:  emb. view of Georgia State Seal + "Georgia" in fancy letters on stem.
Hdle rev: scallops & curves along edges.
BL: bright cut engraved view of Black Man, kneeling on one knee &  playing banjo + "Happy Days. Thomasville, GA."
MK: Towle Mfg. Co. 925/1000. Black Americana spoons by Towle are rare.
Metal: Sterling
Length:  5 ¾ inches
Cost: $99.00
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888x-0002. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Spoon. Mascot Boy Cracker Nashville Tennessee

Hdle obv: emb. frontal view of Black Mascot Boy (with hat turned to the side) + steer/pulling 2-wheeled cart + cotton bolls, flowers & leaves.
Hdle rev: decorative reverse.
BL: emb. view of "State Capitol. Nashville, Tenn."
MK: Shepard.
Metal: Sterling.
Length: 5 ¾ inches
Cost: $99.00
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888x-0003. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Spoon. Sunny South St. Augustine Florida
Hdle obv: emb. frontal portrait of young Back Boy, smiling, showing teeth and wearing torn hat. + "Sunny South" + palm leaf decoration on lower stem.
Hdle rev: plain.
BL: teaspoon bowl with emb. city name: "St. Augustine, Fla."
MK: Shiebler
Metal: Sterling.
Retailer: Greenleaf & Crosby.
Length: 5 ¾ inches
Cost: $99.00
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888x-0004. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Spoon Happy Days Dixie Memphis

Hdle obv: Shepard Pattern handle.
Hdle rev. decorative reverse
BL: bright cut engraved view of Black Man seated on cotton bales, playing a banjo + "Happy Days in Dixie. Memphis, Tenn."
MK: Shepard.
Metal: Sterling. No. 55.
Length:  5 ½ inches
Cost: $99.00
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888x-0005. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Spoon. Old Kentucky Home Louisville

Hdle obv: emb. frontal view of Black Boy, smiling, eating a watermelon & wearing a hat + cotton bolls below & corn cobs and leaves.
Hdle rev: decorative swirls.
BL: emb. & engraved scene + banner with "Old Kentucky Home. Louisville, KY."
MK:  SSMC.
Metal: Sterling.
Length: 5 inches  
Cost: $89.00
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888x-0006. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Enamel Spoon. Georgia Watermelon

Hdle obv: emb. view of Georgia State Seal + eagle with rising sun + "Georgia" on the stem.
Hdle rev: decorative reverse.
BL: enameled bowl with watermelon showing seeds & rind. Beautiful colors.
MK: Banner H.
Metal:  Sterling.
Length: 5 1/8
Cost: $145.00
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888x-0007. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Spoon. Enameled Black Americana.

Hdle obv: Banjo player [FF], holding 5 string banjo, wearing hat and appears to be dancing; cotton bolls on lower stem. [Note: damaged enamel on lower pant ledge]. Hdle rev: = reverse full figure view.
BL: emb. view of "Hot Springs Reservation. Hot Spring, Ark."
MK: Manchester.
Metal: Sterling.
Length: 5 ¼ inches
Cost: $130.00
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888x-0008. Florida Cracker Black Americana. Florida Cracker Slave Market St. Augustine

Hdle obv: emb. view of SS of Florida + scene with cart (with seated figure) pulled by donkey (man wearing hat riding on donkey) + "A Florida Cracker Goes to Market."
Hdle rev: emb. view of "Old Slave Market. St. Augustine" + "Old City Gate."
BL: emb. view of swampy area with birds, alligator, palm trees & houses in distance.  
MK: US Sterling Co. A1.
Metal: Silverplate.
Length: 6 inches
Cost: $89.00
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888x-0009. Florida Cracker Black Americana. Florida Cracker Slave Market St. Augustine

Hdle obv: emb. view of SS of Florida + scene with cart (with seated figure) pulled by donkey (man wearing hat riding on donkey) + "A Florida Cracker Goes to Market."
Hdle rev: emb. view of "Old Slave Market. St. Augustine" + "Old City Gate."
BL: embossed view of “Windsor Hotel. Jacksonville, Fla.”
MK: US Sterling Co. A1.
Metal: Silverplate.
Length: 6 inches
Cost: $89.00
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888x--0010. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Spoon Black Boy with hat Chattanooga

Hdle obv: emb. frontal view of Black Boy, smiling & wearing hat with brim + stem decorated with cotton bolls, flowers & leave.
Hdle rev: plain.
BL: bright-cut engraved city name: "Chattanooga."
MK: P&B.
Metal: Sterling.
Length: 5 1/8 inches
Cost: $68.00
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888x-0011. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Spoon Mascot Norfolk Virginia

Hdle obv: emb. view of SS of Virginia + emb. views of crab, clam, tobacco &* peanut + "Virginia" on lower stem.
Hdle rev: emb. patriotic symbols: eagle, US shield, draped classical woman.
BL: bright cut engraved frontal portrait of "The Mascot. Norfolk."
MK: Shepard.
Metal: Sterling.
Length: 5 ½ inches
Cost: $99.00
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888x-0012. King Cotton Exposition Spoon Atlanta 1895

Hdle obv:  emb. view of enameled crown at finial + circular seal of the "Cotton States and International Exposition. Sept. 18th to Dec. 31st.  Resurgens 1895. Atlanta, GA" + "Atlanta" on stem w/white enamel background.
Hdle rev: decorative reverse — monogrammed “M”
BL: emb. & enameled view of cotton boll.
MK: Made by Alvin but not so marked.
Retailer: Maier & Berkele. + Pat. Appld For.
Length: 4 inches
Cost: $65.00
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888x-0013. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Spoon Black Boy City Gate St. Augustine

Hdle obv: emb. view of head of Black Boy with alligator tail around head & alligator head on stem.
Hdle rev: back view of Boy's head (showing hat) + palm fronds.
BL: emb. view of "Old City Gate. St. Augustine."
MK: Howard.
Metal: Sterling.
Length: 4 ¼ inches
Cost: $49.00
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888x-0014. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Spoon St. Louis Cathedral New Orleans Louisiana
Hdle obv: FF Black Boy eating a watermelon , broad smile, wearing floppy hat.
Hdle rev: FF view of back of Black boy (wonderful details).
BL: emb. view of "St. Louis Cathedral. New Orleans, LA."
MK: Banner H.
Metal: Sterling.
Length:  4 ¼ inches
Cost: $85.00
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888x-0015. Rebus Black Americana Spoon Pig Iron Birmingham

Hdle obv:  emb. laurel type wreath will applied profile portrait bust (facing left) of Black Man with elaborate hair-do + bamboo style stem.
BL: bright cut engraved view of pig + "Iron" for "Pig Iron" produced in Sloss Furnaces at "Birmingham" (word above the pig.
MK: + S.B. = unidentified maker
Metal: Sterling
Length: 4 inches
Cost: $39.00
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888x-0016. Extremely Rare Mint Enameled Black Americana. Entire Spoon = Gold Washed.

That this spoon has a MINT oxidize image of the Black Boy [both face & hands] makes this spoon extremely rare since collectors (in the past) did "not understand the oxidization factor" and usually polished the "dark" aspect away. 
Hdle obv: emb. and oxidized view of Black Boy eating watermelon [enameled] + enameled cotton bale + floral lower stem.
Hdle rev. decorative reverse.
BL: bright-cut engraved view of "The Jefferson. Richmond, VA."
MK: Shepard.
Metal: Sterling
Length:  4 inches
Cost: $120.00
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888x--0017. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Spoon.
Hdle obv: emb. frontal view of Black Boy, smiling & wearing hat with brim + stem decorated with cotton bolls, flowers & leave.
Hdle rev: plain.
BL: emb. view of "Brooklyn Bridge."
MK: P&B.
Retailer: Erlich's 217 B'way. New York
Metal: Sterling
Length: 4 inches
Cost: $35.00
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888x-0018. King Cotton Exposition Spoon Atlanta 1895
Hdle obv:  emb. view of crown at finial + circular seal of the "Cotton States and International Exposition. Sept. 18th to Dec. 31st.  Resurgens 1895. Atlanta, GA" + "Atlanta" on stem. 
Hdle rev: decorative reverse.
BL: embossed view of cotton boll.
MK: Made by Alvin but not so marked.
Retailer: Maier & Berkele. + Pat. Appld For.
Metal: Sterling
Length: 5 ¾ inches
Cost: $99.00
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888x-0019. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Spoon Dixie Savannah Cracker
Hdle obv: emb. frontal portrait view of Black Boy (hatless), smiling, close-cropped hair.
BL: bright-cut engraved view of steer and cart with a Man (a Cracker) wearing broad brimmed hat) seated [??] on cart + engraved “Dixie Savannah.”
MK: Campbell-Metcalf.
Metal:  925/1000. Sterling.
Length: 4
Cost: $45.00
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888x-0020. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Spoon Capitol Nashville Tennessee
Hdle obv. FF (full figure) Black Boy, wearing broad brimmed hat, short legged pants & eating a slice of watermelon. Shirt of Black Boy = blue enamel.
Hdle rev. fully detailed sculptural details of the back of the Black Boy
BL: embossed view of “State Capitol. Nashville, Tenn.”
MK: Banner H.
Metal: Sterling.
Length: 4 1/8  inches.
Cost: $99.00
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888x-0021. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Spoon Sunny South Tampa Florida
Hdle obv. embossed frontal view of Black Boy, wearing broad brimmed hat + corn stalks, corn cobs and flowers on stem + “Sunny South” on lower stem.
BL: bright cut engraved “Tampa Fla.”
MK: CB & H.
Metal: Sterling.
Length: 4 1/8th inches.
Cost: $49.00
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888x-0022. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Enamel Spoon Black Boy Watermelon
Hdle obv. embossed frontal view of Black Boy with short cut hair, peering eyes, partially opened mouth showing his teeth + enameled white collar + green oak leaves + decorative lower stem.
Hdle rev. monogrammed: “JM 1896.”
BL: enameled view watermelon (with vibrant colors: green, white red interior of watermelon showing seeds).
MK: Gorham.
Retailer: Charles W. Crankshaw.
Metal: Sterling.
Length: 4 ¼ inches
 Cost: $145.00
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888x-0023. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Spoon
Hdle obv. embossed view of SS (State Seal) of Louisiana + cotton bales +sugar cane + “Louisiana” on lower stem.
Hdle rev. – decorative designs.
BL: bright cut engraved view of Black Man seated on cotton bales, playing a banjo + "Happy Days in Dixie. New Orleans."
MK: Shepard.
Metal: Sterling.
Length: 5 ½.
Cost: $99.00
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888x-0024. Sterling Black Americana Souvenir Enamel Spoon Black Boy Watermelon
Hdle obv. embossed frontal view of Black Boy with short cut hair, peering eyes, partially opened mouth showing his teeth + enameled white collar + green oak leaves + decorative lower stem.
Hdle rev. monogrammed: “MB” + Copyright 95.
BL: enameled view watermelon (with vibrant colors: green, white red interior of watermelon showing seeds).
MK: Gorham.
Retailer: Charles W. Crankshaw.
Metal: Sterling. 
Length: 5 ¾ inches.
Cost: $275.00
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