Lot 1078
[Spoons]. Commemorative Spoons from Alaska. Pair of spoons of coffee or demi-tasse size. The earliest's handle features a well modeled facing-bust of Indian wearing a feathered headdress topped with a flower. The hand engraved bowl pictures a view of a clapboard building with high mountains in the background. The second piece is a delightful novelty spoon with pick and shovel finial flanking a central mining pan containing gold nuggets. The gilt bowl is engraved, "Wrangel, Alaska." The first spoon around 1900s, the second probably 1920s or 30s. Choice lot.
Estimated Value $150-UP.
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| Realized $115 |
