In the United States, souvenir-spoon-collecting dates back to the mid-1800s (the first American souvenir spoon, produced in the late 1800s, was outfitted with George Washington’s profile).

The first souvenir spoons produced in the United States were products of well-traveled silversmiths. The inaugural souvenir spoon was produced in 1889 by Galt & Bros of Washington D.C.

I have 38 spoons. Thirty-eight ridiculously useless spoons. You know, those tiny ornate souvenirs that can be found in touristy gift shops worldwide, collecting dust next to the novelty shot ...

A Chinese man carried a spoon in his intestine for months, thinking he’d only dreamt swallowing it while drunk in Thailand.

Interestingly, most souvenir spoons of that era were made of sterling silver, a fact which would have made them prohibitively expensive to many fair-goers were it not for the fact that the silver ...

Most souvenir spoons are die stamped from silver, but some of the early Gorham spoons were cast from molten silver. Back then, they were worth $3 or so; today, they're worth a few hundred dollars.

Souvenir Spoons Craze. ... A WAR SPOON ALSO ADDED TO THE LONG LIST -- SPREAD OF THE FASHION -- THERE ARE NOW OVER SEVEN HUNDRED IN THE MARKET. Share full article. From the Philadelphia Ledger, ...

The National Souvenir Spoon Collectors Guild Convention has come to Davenport to share their love of decorative cutlery with a competition and a banquet. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ...

It’s the “Art of the Navajo,” exhibitions of Navajo saddle blankets and souvenir silver spoons at the Mennello Museum of American Art. Dating from a time — roughly 1880 to 1940 — as the ...

Collecting souvenir spoons was once an extremely popular hobby in America, but today, the tradition is only carried on by a small, niche group of collectors. Because of this, the old souvenir tea ...

Tiny spoons lead to big collections. That's the lesson in last week's Treasure Hunt column. When I profiled Charlotte Peterson and her collection of 65 souvenir spoons, I knew I would hear from ...

The first souvenir spoons produced in the United States were products of well-traveled silversmiths. The inaugural souvenir spoon was produced in 1889 by Galt & Bros of Washington D.C.