In 1890, a Massachusetts jeweler introduced a sterling silver spoon commemorating the Salem Witch trials. He sold 7,000 of them in the first year, and a new American tradition was born: the souvenir ...
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Have you ever been to a gift shop and wondered who buys the souvenir spoons? Wonder no more — the National Souvenir Spoon Collectors Guild Convention has come to Davenport to share ...
QWe have a set of sterling spoons showing Midwestern states. Each is stamped with the maker; some are names, some symbols. There are 18, still in their presentation case. How do we learn value and ...
Q My father got this spoon from a woman from Belgium. It was in her family for many years, then my parents owned it, and now it is mine. There is a name engraved on the back of the bowl and 800 with a ...