Here is very collectable true skyline type of sterling souvenir spoon from Cleveland Ohio dating back to years around 1900 featuring on the front of the handle very ornate figural skyline, the writing is HEART OF CLEVELAND. In the bowl embossed is very detailed image of column monument, the writing is SOLDIERS & SAILORS MONUMENT, OHIO. More images on the back: SOLDIERS & SAILORS MONUMENT, below CENTRAL VIADUCT, then CLEVELAND. It measures 5-1/2 inch long (138 mm), weighs 26.3 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.