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Very Early Excellent Sterling Silver Souvenir Coffee Spoon Hot Springs Arkansas
Two Sided Multi image handle with Cotton Bale, State Seal and much more!
Finely detailed hand tooled (bright cut) image of the Hotel Eastman on the bowl
Marked Sterling and with the maker's mark for Shepard Silversmiths -Shepard Mfg. Co.,Melrose Highlands, MA 1893-1923Founded by Chester Shepard and his son Chester Burdelle Shepard.Makers of sterling flatware, souvenir spoons, and novelties.
Measures 5 1/2" long. Unpolished.Excellent condition with no bends, breaks or repairs. No monograms.
Very finely detailed image... definately one of the better ones that I have seen.It is engraved on a butler (satin) finish bowl. (See my Wisconsin spoon for another great hand engraved image.)
Also marked with the retailer:Mermod, Jaccard & Co. / Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co.St. Louis, MO 1873-c. 1994Successors to D.C. Jaccard & Co. in 1873. The name was changed in 1883 to the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co. then to the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co. in 1905. The company was sold to the Scruggs, Vandervort & Barney Dry Goods Co. in 1917 and then to the Traditional Jewelers of America division of Gordon’s Jewelry Corp. in 1990, with the last store closing c. 1994. Primarily retailers and jewelers, also made some sterling and silverplate flatware, holloware and souvenir spoons, but was outsourcing all of its silver manufacturing by 1890.
Fresh out of storage since 2013! Makes a fine gift for a Arkansas history buff!#2201
