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'''CATALINA SOUVENIR FORKS''' are uncommon, but they do exist. The numbers given match the corresponding spoon pattern.
'''CATALINA SOUVENIR FORKS''' are uncommon, but they do exist.  




[[File: Gorham Hotel Metropole.png|550px|thumbnail|center|<center>Hotel Metropole Gorham Co. cutlery (oyster fork)<br> [original in SCIF archives; 2022.21.Huff]</center>]]


[[File: Pickle fork.png|550px|thumbnail|center|<center>Hotel Metropole Gorham Co. cutlery (oyster fork)<br>Saxony (pattern), silverplate, 1891<br>5-⅞"<br>engraved 'Hotel Metropole' on both sides of the handle <br>[original in SCIF archives; 2022.21.Huff]</center>]]




[[File: LDA fork.png|550px|thumbnail|center|<center>Fork: engraved "Catalina Island" <br>  handle verso with Design Detail 2<br>  Maker: L. D. Anderson <br>Length: 6-¼"  [original in SCIF archives: Kwiat Collection; 2021.62.AK] </center>]]




* WATSON #841 Figural Tuna Forks were made in both dinner and salad forks:
[[File: Shepard fork spoon.png|550px|thumbnail|center|<center> "Catalina" <br>  handle verso engraved 9-20-14<br>  Maker: Shepard Cali. Fork No. 12 <br>Length: 6-⅛"  [original in SCIF archives] </center>]]


[[File:Watson 841 forks.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Watson souvenir forks, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]


[[File:Watson salad 841 .png|550px|thumbnail|center|<center>Fork: salad (thicker left tine)<br>verso with L.G. Murphy's 1905 black sea bass  <br>  Maker: Watson #841 <br>Length: 6-¼"  [original in SCIF archives: Kwiat Collection] </center>]]




* WATSON #1010
[[File: 3 sets with forks.jpeg|550px|thumbnail|center|<center>Left: Watson #841  Fork, Tea Spoon and Soup Spoon<br> Middle: Watson #1010 Fork and Tea Spoon <br> Right: Watson Fork and Tea Spoon<br> The design on this handle appears to have been made <br>by both Shepard and Watson, according to Harry Merrick. <br> [originals in SCIF archives]</center>]]
 
 
[[File: Verso.jpeg|550px|thumbnail|center|<center>Verso of above<br>  [originals in SCIF archives] </center>]]
 
 
[[File:Watson 252.png|650px|thumbnail|center|<center>"CALIFORNIA" spoon and fork<br> Watson No. 252-245 (Catalogue p. 35)<br>spoon has Type 2 embossed bowl<br>pennant H marks<br>  5-½" and 6"<br>[originals in SCIF archives: 2022.18 & 2022.19] ]]
 
 
 
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* Robbins in their modern style cut-out design
[[File:Robbins Fork.png|300px|thumbnail|center|<center>Robbins souvenir fork, Santa Catalina Island, c. 1922  <br>  [not in SCIF archives] </center>]]
 
[[File:Olive fork.png|300px|thumbnail|center|<center>Robbins souvenir fork, Santa Catalina Island <br>  [not in SCIF archives] </center>]]
 
[[File: Watson 6-¼".png|300px|thumbnail|center|<center>Watson souvenir fork, Santa Catalina Island, <br> 6-¼"<br>  [not in SCIF archives] </center>]]

Latest revision as of 12:43, 8 June 2023

CATALINA SOUVENIR FORKS are uncommon, but they do exist.


Hotel Metropole Gorham Co. cutlery (oyster fork)
[original in SCIF archives; 2022.21.Huff]
Hotel Metropole Gorham Co. cutlery (oyster fork)
Saxony (pattern), silverplate, 1891
5-⅞"
engraved 'Hotel Metropole' on both sides of the handle
[original in SCIF archives; 2022.21.Huff]


Fork: engraved "Catalina Island"
handle verso with Design Detail 2
Maker: L. D. Anderson
Length: 6-¼" [original in SCIF archives: Kwiat Collection; 2021.62.AK]


"Catalina"
handle verso engraved 9-20-14
Maker: Shepard Cali. Fork No. 12
Length: 6-⅛" [original in SCIF archives]


Fork: salad (thicker left tine)
verso with L.G. Murphy's 1905 black sea bass
Maker: Watson #841
Length: 6-¼" [original in SCIF archives: Kwiat Collection]


Left: Watson #841 Fork, Tea Spoon and Soup Spoon
Middle: Watson #1010 Fork and Tea Spoon
Right: Watson Fork and Tea Spoon
The design on this handle appears to have been made
by both Shepard and Watson, according to Harry Merrick.
[originals in SCIF archives]


Verso of above
[originals in SCIF archives]


"CALIFORNIA" spoon and fork
Watson No. 252-245 (Catalogue p. 35)
spoon has Type 2 embossed bowl
pennant H marks
5-½" and 6"
[originals in SCIF archives: 2022.18 & 2022.19]



  • Robbins in their modern style cut-out design
Robbins souvenir fork, Santa Catalina Island, c. 1922
[not in SCIF archives]
Robbins souvenir fork, Santa Catalina Island
[not in SCIF archives]
Watson souvenir fork, Santa Catalina Island,
6-¼"
[not in SCIF archives]
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