American Spoons Fashion along with notes on the

along with notes on the Shultz's techniques and designs

to the scarce and unusual

extensive journal and account book references

Personal glimpses of that elite core of artists responsible for establishing the costume jewelry industry in the United States

and their wares

American Spoons Fashion along with notes on theFirst published in 1968, this classic work remains the basic reference book for collectors and fanciers of American spoons. Now offered in a new edition, it will be a welcome resource in your library. Spoons themselves originated in prehistoric times, when shells performed their function for the inhabitants of southern Europe, but spoons as commemorative items began with the Niagra Falls Suspension Bridge Spoon patented by Myron H. Kinsley in 1881.