Description:Late 1890s Louisville Colonels "mascot" presentational spoon to Fred Clarke's daughter. Sterling silver spoon with eloborately tooled handle has been engraved within the bowl, "Presented to Mascot for the Colonels, Miss Helen Louise Clarke, by friend of her father, Happy Freddie, King of Left Fielders." Helen was the elder of Clarke's daughters. Marked "Sterling" on the back along with additional makers' stampings. Touch of light natural age wear. Includes letter of provenance from a Clarke descendant: EX/MT
Description:Late 1890s Louisville Colonels "mascot" presentational spoon to Fred Clarke's daughter. Sterling silver spoon with eloborately tooled handle has been engraved within the bowl, "Presented to Mascot for the Colonels, Miss Helen Louise Clarke, by friend of her father, Happy Freddie, King of Left Fielders." Helen was the elder of Clarke's daughters. Marked "Sterling" on the back along with additional makers' stampings. Touch of light natural age wear. Includes letter of provenance from a Clarke descendant: EX/MT