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