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This was a stock coffee spoon, design # 722 in Watson’s catalog (circa 1905) which jewelers could buy for $9.00 per dozen (see attached). They made six varieties with different ladies at their tops – design #s 719, 720, 721, 722 (this spoon), 839 & 855. Apparently, the jeweler who ordered this # 722 spoon, engraved its bowl and made it into a Catalina souvenir. [Chris McGlothlin] | This was a stock coffee spoon, design #722 in Watson’s catalog (circa 1905) which jewelers could buy for $9.00 per dozen (see attached). They made six varieties with different ladies at their tops – design #s 719, 720, 721, 722 (this spoon), 839 & 855. Apparently, the jeweler who ordered this #722 spoon, engraved its bowl and made it into a Catalina souvenir. [Chris McGlothlin] | ||
[[File:Watson Coffees.JPG|450px|thumbnail|center|<center>#722. "Lady in a Hat" coffee spoon by Watson, | [[File:Watson Coffees.JPG|450px|thumbnail|center|<center>#722. "Lady in a Hat" coffee spoon by Watson, <br> c. 1905 <br> [original in SCIF archives]</center>]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:32, 27 November 2020
LADY IN A HAT
This was a stock coffee spoon, design #722 in Watson’s catalog (circa 1905) which jewelers could buy for $9.00 per dozen (see attached). They made six varieties with different ladies at their tops – design #s 719, 720, 721, 722 (this spoon), 839 & 855. Apparently, the jeweler who ordered this #722 spoon, engraved its bowl and made it into a Catalina souvenir. [Chris McGlothlin]
