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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Darkwing Manor, post: 750932, member: 738&quot;]Those early spoon holders are fantastic ..although we know those would not have been for &quot;souvenir&quot; spoons. Early silver collecting wasn&#039;t based on purchasing &quot;sets&quot; but acquiring one or more pieces at a time, and considered fairly high status items, being fashioned by hand by metal smiths.&nbsp;&nbsp; The specific souvenir form was brought to the US in the late 1880s, after industrial advancements made silver machinable, thus more affordable, and copying European forms. The Daniel Lowe Silver Company in Salem, Mass had one of the first and maybe most famous, the Salem Witch spoon. They fetch high prices on eBay! I recently have been liquidating a friends&#039; family souvenir silver flatware, and studying the level of craftsmanship and attention to detail on some pieces is staggering! [ATTACH=full]189642[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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