Coffee spoon (18) - Silverplated - 17 souvenir spoons and 1 fork – emblems and polychrome decorations

Collection of 18 small international souvenir cutlery pieces: 17 spoons and a small three-toothed fork.

The handles feature enamel badges, coats of arms, and colorful tourist symbols, notably Nassau, Flumet, Île-de-Bréhat, Alsace, Saint-Raphaël, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Auckland (New Zealand) with a kiwi, Nederland (Netherlands), Amersfoort, and several other destinations.

Two pieces bear a blue-and-white Dutch-style decoration representing a windmill. The Bréhat Island spoon has a multicolored decoration on its bowl, depicting a sailor in front of a Breton port landscape. The handles offer varied shapes: braids, interlaces, scrolls, and botanical ornaments, sometimes with a wall crown.

Presumed period: second half of the 20th century, mainly the 1950s to the 1980s, with no certified dating.

Presumed materials: silver-plated metal and silvered metal alloys, multicolored enameling decorations and decorative elements that may be ceramic or porcelain. A heterogeneous set from unidentified manufacturers. No hallmark of solid silver has been identified: items are offered without guarantee of sterling silver.

Collectible travel keepsakes, suitable for a collection of souvenir spoons or for cabinet-of-curiosities decoration.

Condition: patina, tonal variations, superficial scratches, and localized wear of the silvering, more pronounced on some pieces. The colored decorations appear overall well preserved. Items offered in their original state, without restoration or excessive polishing. Photographs are part of the description and allow the condition of each piece to be appreciated.

Lot sold as a whole, without a case."