BIG 5-7/8” FANCY SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS LINCOLN STERLING SILVER SOUVENIR SPOON

Description

Beautiful, high quality, heavy 5-7/8 inch long sterling silver spoon from Springfield Illinois dating to years around 1900 featuring on the front of the handle starting at the top: banner reading SPRINGFIELD, below portrait of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, then LINCOLN HOME, then US eagle holding a shield, then LINCOLN, LINCOLN MONUMENT and corn plant down the handle. Bowl is gold or copper finished embossed with very detailed scenery of a house, the writing is LINCOLN HOME, SPRINGFIELD, ILL. On the back of the handle the following is shown: STATE HOUSE, below FORD’S THEATER, then HOUSE WHERE LINCOLN WAS BORN and plant down the handle. Measures 5 7/8" long (148 mm), feels heavy, weights 28.8 grams and it is in excellent condition. On the back marked STERLING and has hallmark with the old mark of H on a pennant for Mechanics Sterling Company, which was subsidiary of Watson Newell Co. Shipping on multiple purchases are gladly combined. Please see other, some rare, collector spoons I'm currently listing.