In the United States, souvenir-spoon-collecting dates back to the mid-1800s (the first American souvenir spoon, produced in the late 1800s, was outfitted with George Washington’s profile).

The first souvenir spoons produced in the United States were products of well-traveled silversmiths. The inaugural souvenir spoon was produced in 1889 by Galt & Bros of Washington D.C.

Interestingly, most souvenir spoons of that era were made of sterling silver, a fact which would have made them prohibitively expensive to many fair-goers were it not for the fact that the silver ...

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Tiny spoons lead to big collections. That's the lesson in last week's Treasure Hunt column. When I profiled Charlotte Peterson and her collection of 65 souvenir spoons, I knew I would hear from ...

Most souvenir spoons are die stamped from silver, but some of the early Gorham spoons were cast from molten silver. Back then, they were worth $3 or so; today, they're worth a few hundred dollars.

Souvenir Spoons Craze. ... A WAR SPOON ALSO ADDED TO THE LONG LIST -- SPREAD OF THE FASHION -- THERE ARE NOW OVER SEVEN HUNDRED IN THE MARKET. Share full article. From the Philadelphia Ledger, ...

Souvenir spoons – collector’s item or landfill. It seems a curious state of affairs that a teaspoon could come to represent a travel destination. Penny Hunter.

Back in the 1980s, Cammie Pohl's great-grandmother gifted her three boxes of souvenir spoons. Now, Pohl estimates she has more than 8,500.

The National Souvenir Spoon Collectors Guild Convention has come to Davenport to share their love of decorative cutlery with a competition and a banquet. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ...

The first souvenir spoons produced in the United States were products of well-traveled silversmiths. The inaugural souvenir spoon was produced in 1889 by Galt & Bros of Washington D.C.