This is a gorgeous vintage sterling silver souvenir spoon from Philippine Islands dating back to years around 1900 featuring beautiful handle with the image of PHILIPPINE ISLANDS shield or coat of arms and writing PHILIPPINES down the handle. Bowl has acid etched extremely detailed image of man with spear, the writing is MORO WARRIOR, MINDANAO, P.I. Measures 5-5/8" long (141 mm) and in excellent condition. On the back marked STERLING along with Watson & Newell Co. markings (crown W lion). Shipping on multiple purchases is gladly combined. Please see other, some rare, collector spoons I'm currently listing.
More
on the subject: The Moro Rebellion (1899–1913) was an armed conflict
between the Moro people and the United States military during the
Philippine–American War. The word "Moro" – which is derived from the
Spanish "Moor" – is a term for Muslim people who lived in the
Southern Philippines, an area that includes Mindanao, Jolo and the neighboring
Sulu Archipelago. The Moros have a 400-year history of resisting
foreign rule. The violent armed struggle against the Spanish, against the
Americans, against the Japanese, and against the Filipinos, is considered by
current Moro leaders as part of the four centuries-long "national
liberation movement" of the Bangsamoro (Moro Nation).This conflict
persisted and developed into their current war for independence against the
Philippine state. A "culture of jihad" emerged among the Moros due to
the centuries-long war against the Spanish invaders. The ethnic Moro population
of the southern Philippines resisted both Spanish and United States
colonization. The Moro areas of Western Mindanao have been the most rebellious
areas in the Philippines along with Samar Island and Bicol Region. The
Spaniards were restricted to a handful of coastal garrisons or Forts and they
made occasional punitive expeditions into the vast interior regions. After a
series of unsuccessful attempts during the centuries of Spanish rule in the
Philippines, Spanish forces occupied the abandoned city of Jolo, Sulu, the seat
of the Sultan of Sulu, in 1876. The Spaniards and the Sultan of Sulu signed the
Spanish Treaty of Peace on July 22, 1878. Control of the Sulu archipelago
outside of the Spanish garrisons was handed to the Sultan. The treaty had
translation errors: According to the Spanish-language version, Spain had
complete sovereignty over the Sulu archipelago, while the Tausug version
described a protectorate instead of an outright dependency. Despite the very
nominal claim to the Moro territories, Spain ceded them to the United States in
the Treaty of Paris which signaled the end of the Spanish–American War.