Creator(s): Mechanics Sterling Company (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
At tip of handle is the American eagle alighting with a banderolle which reads HERE WE REST. Next a doreman worker wielding a pickax and the name ALABAMA on a ribbon, next a bale of cotton, and lastly a cotton plant. Engraved in bowl, Birmingham, and on back of bowl a large gothic M. On abck is a building labeled STATE CAPITOL and below a rope, pick and shovel.
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- North Attleboro, USA
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.492
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK; INSCRIPTION on base: Sterling, flag with DH in it on tip of handle: Here We Rest on handle: ALABAMA inside bowl: Birmingham (in script)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973