Yellowstone Park with a bear facing front on hind legs image on top. The bear design was also used on spoons for Yosemite National Park. Spoon designed by George Nerney and die-cut by Petersen for the Robbins Company, Attleboro, MA.
Published onJan 09, 2024
1138. Spoon: Yellowstone Park
In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Date
1912-1914 and produced in years that follow
Material
Sterling silver
Dimensions
4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm) [length]
Description
Yellowstone Park with a bear facing front on hind legs image on top. The bear design was also used on spoons for Yosemite National Park. Spoon designed by George Nerney and die-cut by Petersen for the Robbins Company, Attleboro, MA.
Markings
YELLOWSTONE PARK
Provenance / Location
Isabel Matterson; CPAC, Gift of Isabel Matterson. UM97.117
Alternate Title(s)
n/a
Notes / Sources
Advertised in the Robbins Co. catalogue The Robbins Company formerly the Chas. M. Robbins Co. (parts I-III) n.d. 1912 and after. Catalogue held in the Robbins Co. archives, Attleboro Area Industrial Museum, Attleboro, MA.
Papers, SC, Box 4 f.16, letter of Sept. 21, 1942, Nerney has "small bronze bear which you made for Yellowstone National Park".
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