Design for a Spoon. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Design for a Spoon.
  • Added Title Spoon.

Creator

  • Inventor: Hughes, Joseph A.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Joseph A. Hughes, of Corpus Christi, Texas

Contributor

  • Witness: Macmanus, C. J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Hughes, S. M.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Dieterich, Fred G., 1858-1923
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for illustration.
  • Witness: Byres, Edward W.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Edw. W. Byres; Witness for illustration.

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1892-08-23
  • Acceptance Date: 1892-08-23
  • Submission Date: 1892-05-02

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Design patent for a souvenir spoon typical or representative of the state of Texas; "The leading feature of [the] design is a head and bust of Davy Crockett, which forms the outer and wide end of the handle...About the middle of the shank and projecting on each side of the same is the lone star, while on the bowl of the spoon is a representation of the old building known as the 'Alamo'" (lines 14-22).
  • Physical Description: [2] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Furnishings - Utensils
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Travel
  • Keyword: spoons
  • Keyword: souvenirs
  • Keyword: Crockett, Davy
  • Keyword: Alamo

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Nueces County - Corpus Christi

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Patent Number: D21783
  • Government Documents No.: O2/431572
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth173430

Note

  • Display Note: "Application filed May 2, 1892. Serial No. 431,572. Term of patent 3 1/2 years."
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