Painted

Painted Santa Catalina Island Souvenir Spoons

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  Shepard No. 104
  Paint applied to an embossed bowl
  [original in SCIF archives]
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  Shepard No. 104
  Paint applied to an embossed bowl
  [original in SCIF archives]
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  Santa Catalina Island painted spoon
  posted by Cindy Kern 10/2020
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  CATALINA ISL CAL.
  Watson painted bowl
  Watson Co. No. 1008-245 (Catalogue p. 35)
  Top: CALIFORNIA; EUREKA; 1849; big tree
  Reverse: STATE CAPITOL; CARMEL MISSION; grapes
  pennant H mark
  5-⅞" inches
  [original in SCIF archives; Cindy Kern Collection; 2022.18]
  The model for the painted scene in the bowl was the #94 Goeggel and Weidener postcard, published ca. 1902

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THIS SPOON WOULD BE WORTH CONSIDERABLY MORE IF THE SCENE IN THE BOWL WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION. Here is a beautiful sterling silver spoon from Avalon Catalina Island California dating back to years around 1900 featuring on the handle stunning enamel flower floral design. In the bowl it has polychrome painted picture of sea bay and mountains scenery at city of Avalon with buildings, pier, ship and boats, the engraved wording is AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND, CAL. It measures 5-3/4 inch long (145 mm) and in excellent condition except the scene in the bowl is not.

private collection

96
A true fish story [250 pounds and 398 pounds],
Catalina Island, California
Charles Weidner, Photographer San Francisco
Printed in Germany
[original in SCIF archives]

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