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Culture:American
Title:souvenir spoon
Date Made:ca. 1893
Type:Food Service
Materials:silver
Place Made:United States
Measurements:overall: 4 1/8 in x 7/8 in; 10.5 cm x 2.2 cm
Accession Number:  HD 72.124
Credit Line:Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Lester
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Silver souvenir spoon stamped "Old Indian House 1704 / Deerfield MAS" and with a scene of the house with a large tree in the bowl, which has a Stebbins family provenance. The back is stamped "STERLING" and what appears to be "PAT. MAY 23, 1893" and with three hallmarks. The Old Indian house, which is also known as the Ensign John Sheldon House, withstood the Indian attack of 1704. Souvenir means "to remember." A common practice of travelers is to bring home physical reminders of their ephermeral adventures,and those souvenirs took on a variety of forms. Visitors to Deerfield often went home with stereoviews, booklets, and postcards, and souvenir plates, pictorial china, and silver spoons.

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