Sterling silver souvenir spoon,
- “Tiffany & Co, Sterling, M”-backstamp,
- souvenir for the 1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Hudson River discovery.
handle
- relief of sailing ship pictorial, a Dutch East India Company ship,
- “De Halve Maene /1609” below the ship,
- “New York” below state seal,
- a laurel wreath motif.
bowl
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relief of steamer - “Clermont/1807”,
- “The / Hudson-Fulton Celebration / 1909”.

5.75” long.
Condition – good, shows wear on raised surface.         296h

- Hudson-Fulton Celebration (1909, New York & New Jersey).
300th anniversary of Henry Hudson discovery of Hudson River, USA in the “Halve Maen” and
100th anniversary of Robert Fulton’s first successful paddlewheel steamer “Clermont”.
- In 1909, for this celebration, The Netherlands gifted the US with a replica of the ship that sailed into New York’s bay 300 years earlier. The Halve Maen (Half Moon) (1609). Captained by Henry Hudson, a Dutch East India Company ship that sailed into what is now New York harbor in September 1609. It was commissioned by the Dutch Republic to covertly find an eastern passage to China.

- The history of the souvenir spoon in the United States purportedly began in 1889 and became fashionable or an obsession in the following decades. In 1890 there were only a few spoon patterns patented and by June, 1891, hundreds were produced commemorating various events, people and places. The golden age of commemorative spoons continued until WWI.

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Selection of items from local estates.
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- I am located on the Alabama/Florida state line, near Pensacola in Northwest Florida.  I am 250 miles from/between Atlanta, GA and New Orleans, LA, 180 miles south of Birmingham, AL

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I have been in the auction and antique business experience for forty-plus years, my current goal is to provide furnishings online for the 19th century American home or show spots in the contemporary home. I search for items to offer with special “fine points”, rare form, high quality construction and historical interest.
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Nevin Heller