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>  Maker: L. D. Anderson <br>Length: 6-¼"  [original in SCIF archives: Kwiat Collection] </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>]]





Revision as of 03:36, 8 June 2022

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; 2021.62.AK]


"Catalina"
handle verso engraved 9-20-14
Maker: Shepard
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]