Difference between revisions of "CATALINA SOUVENIR FORKS"

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[[File: LDA fork.png|550px|thumbnail|center|<center>Fork: engraved "Catalina Island" <br>  handle verso with Design Detail 2<br>   
[[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"  [originals in SCIF archives: Kwiat Collection] </center>]]
  Maker: L. D. Anderson <br>Length: 6-¼"  [original in SCIF archives: Kwiat Collection] </center>]]
 
 
[[File: File:Watson 841 salad.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>]]





Revision as of 13:26, 16 August 2021

CATALINA SOUVENIR FORKS are uncommon, but they do exist.


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


File:File:Watson 841 salad.png
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]




  • 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]