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Message:: [QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 593419, member: 111"]I have several spoons with shell/mother of pearl bowls, as well as a number of the ubiquitous pearl-handled serving pieces, but this one is from my Mom's salt spoon collection.  It's 2-7/8" long, surmounted by a tiny gilt brass rendition of Seurre's 1833 statue of Napoleon - more common to see the bit larger items like letter openers, bookmarks, pens, etc., often including a Stanhope with views of Napoleon, his tomb, etc. (even the small salt/condiment spoons sometimes have a Stanhope), the metal usually described as brass or bronze, a few are gilt, but most display remnants of silverplating, though occasionally the plating is intact.  They're usually said to date to the 19th century, but believe they're more likely early 20th century - suppose they could be earlier and made for a few decades, but have seen a few stamped with 'Musée de l'Armée', that name for the Army Museum at Les Invalides in Paris dating no earlier than 1905, and the Seurre statue wasn't placed there until 1911, it's also the location of Napoleon's tomb. [ATTACH=full]176890[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176891[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]