Here is very collectable true skyline type of sterling souvenir spoon from New York dating back to years around 1900 featuring on the front of the handle very ornate figural skyline, the writing is NEW YORK FROM NORTH RIVER. In the bowl embossed is very detailed image of suspension bridge with ship and boats, the writing is BROOKLYN BRIDGE. More images on the back: STATUE OF LIBERTY monument, below GRANTS TOMB, then FLAT IRON BLDG. It measures 5-1/2 inch long (138 mm), weighs 25.0 grams and is in excellent condition. On the back marked STERLING and has markings of P & B within embossed hearts for PAYE and BAKER MFG. CO. Shipping on multiple purchases is gladly combined. Please see other, some rare, collector spoons I'm currently listing.
What is a skyline? The
first skyline spoon design, on the tag end of the Art Nouveau era, was patented
in 1901 and by 1913 designs were beginning to change under the influence of Art
Deco and no more new true skylines were introduced. A true skyline should be
viewed horizontally (the exception being the three stacked skylines of Chicago,
New York and Boston) which eliminates monuments such as the Statue of Liberty
and the Washington Monument. There are city skylines, building skylines,
riverscape skylines, bridge skylines and natural skylines (mountains and such).
Partial skylines are when less than half the handle shows a skyline. I only
know of only one enclosed skyline that Ouida Verizzo, author of American
Skyline Souvenir Spoons, considers a true and that's an Atlantic City spoon.
The other pointed handled spoons with a band of silver enclosing the cutouts
around a few buildings, a mountain or a scene near the tip of the handle are
not true skylines. Samuylow, Henrieta Jacobson, and Yetta Zwerling.