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SILVER DEMITASSE SOUVENIR SPOONS, LOT OF 33, including an example with full-figure handle featuring Roosevelt Bears climbing a bare tree, with embossed scenic decoration to bowl, lettered "STEEL PIER / ATLANTIC CITY, NJ", marked for Paye & Baker, an example with handle featuring full-figure "Bathing Beauty", fish, crabs, and starfish, with embossed scenic decoration to bowl lettered "ATLANTIC CITY", an example with full-figure boat paddle handle surmounted with a crab, embossed scenic decoration to bowl, lettered "THE MARLBOROUGH BLENHEIM / ATLANTIC CITY, NJ", marked for Mechanics Sterling Co., an example with twist handle terminating in grizzly bear finial, with embossed scenic decoration to bowl depicting a miner panning for gold, lettered "CALIFORNIA, 1849", an example with twist handle terminating in seal/sea lion finial, with embossed scenic decoration to bowl, lettered "CLIFF HOUSE / SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.", an example with figural boat paddle handle and applied fish on line wrapped around the paddle, engraved scenic decoration to bowl lettered "MT. RANIER, 14,444 FT. / SEATTLE", an example with full-figure pine branch and pinecone handle, embossed scenic decoration to bowl, lettered "CATHEDRAL DRIVE / LAKEWOOD, N.J.", and an example with figural handle depicting a stand of cattails/bulrushes, with embossed scenic decoration to bowl, lettered "THE ALAMO, 1718 / SAN ANTONIO, TEX.", marked for Paye & Baker, a sugar scoop with handle featuring sailboat, fish, and shells, having shell-form bowl with engraved lettering "SAG HARBOR / L.I.", and two enamel-decorated examples. Total weight: 9.13 ozt. Late 19th/first half 20th century. 3 1/4" to 4 7/8" L.
<i>Excellent condition overall, expected minor wear, some with minor bending to handles/bowls, one enamel-decorated example with some losses to enamel.</i>
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