49. Spoon, General Jackson & Nashville Tenn

Gift of Isabel Matterson. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. UM93.23b.

Gift of the estate of Mary Petersen. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. UM2024.127

Date	1912-1914 and produced in years following
Material	Sterling Silver
Dimensions	4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm) [length]
Description	Man on a rearing horse and the words “General Jackson”. On second iteration Nashville, Tenn. is added. Part of a series of twelve spoons designed by George Nerney and die-cut by Petersen for the Robbins Company, Attleboro, MA. The backs of all of the images are depicted on the reverse side of the spoons.
Markings	Nashville on UM93.23b
Provenance / Location	1) Mary Petersen, Beverly Hills, Florida; CPAC, Gift of the estate of Mary Petersen.UM2024.127 2) Nashville Tenn: CPAC, Gift of Isabel Matterson, UM93.23b.
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 Nerney letter of Jan. 23, 1936 "exceptional beauty of the Andrew Jackson hub you made for a New Orleans spoon at the Robbins Co." and letter of Dec. 27, 1938 Image: Transmission (Northern Natural Gas Co.), Vol. VIII No. 2, 1960.