Creator(s): Watson Newell Company (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage

About this object

On tip of the handle is the State seal of New Jersey, then a long piece labeled The Steel Pier, and then leaves and shells. In bowl is a low relief labled THE CHALFONTE ATLANTIC CITY. On the back of the handle is a lady being wheeled along the boardwalk in a chair, then a view of the sea with a saling vessel and people in bathing suits. Lighthouse labeled with name.

Made from:

Silver

Made in:

Attleboro, USA

Date made:

After 1910

Size:

13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

12.519

Class:

SILVER

Signature marks:

MARK; INSCRIPTION; COAT OF ARMS on base: STERLING state seal of New Jersey at tip of handle: Atlantic City Incorporated March 3, 1854 The Steel Pier inside bowl: The Chalfonte Atlantic City on back: Absecon Lighthouse

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973