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