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Creator(s): Mechanics Sterling Company (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

At tip of handle is the name KANSAS CITY, then the state seal of Missouri, then the head of a man labeled FIRST GOV WM CLARK, two laurel branches, a donkey, pick and shovel, a Riverboat, a rose and train, a horn of plenty. On back are views of buildings labeled: STATE CAPITOL, JEFFERSON BARRACKS, ACADEMIC HALL UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, and a covered wagon with a man and woman and a sheaf of wheat.

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:
12.494
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
MARK; INSCRIPTION on base: Sterling, flag with DH in it tip of handle: KANSAS CITY, Seal of Kansas City Missouri Jackson County Incorporated, First Gov Wm Clark on back: State Capitol, Jefferson Barracks, Academic Hall University of Missouri
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973