Description
On offer we have this AUSTRALIAN sterling SILVER (925) Tea Spoon being the BORONIA FLOWER by HARRIS & SONS - WA. This being part of the wild flower series.
This beautiful handcrafted spoon is in excellent condition
HARRIS & SONS - History
This spoon was made by Western Australian Silver workshop of Harris and Sons. Harris and Sons was begun by father Charles and son Harold in the early 1920's. Having learnt silver smithing skills in Birmingham England the two began making jewelery by melting down old watch chains. During the 1950's Harold began experimenting with casting small sterling silver replicas of Western Australian wildflowers and using them as finials for hand crafted spoons. He created 37 wild flowers in total and became well known for his spoons. In 1954 The Queen was presented with a box of his spoons.
This particular spoon features the hand crafted feature - BORONIA Flower which has an amazing hand sculptured FLOWERS (8) - the bowl of the spoon is round scalloped shape and is a hammered tone finish - the back of the spoon is completed with the rat-tail finish.
Overall length approx 12cm
14 gms weight
Fully stamped - 925 Stg Silv *Harris & Sons* BORONIA - as pictured
The teaspoon collection from Harris & Sons are very desirable to collectors.
Please refer to the photos for further details as they do form part of the description. Any darkened areas in the photos are reflection not a characteristic of the spoon.
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