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
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]