Creator(s): Watson Newell Company (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
Front of handle has worked in fine relief a view of a city seen from a river with boats. It has name Memphos, TN. On back are two buildings, the Customs house and the Cotton Exchange, and one monument called Forrest Monument. Below this is a squirrel.
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Attleboro, USA
- Date made:
- After 1910
- Size:
- 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.521
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK; INSCRIPTION on base: STERLING, crown in a circle, gothic W in a circle, lion in a circle on handle: Memphis Tenn on back: Custom House Cotton Exchange Forrest Monument, M (Gothic script)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973