1892 Otto Mears-Commissioned Miniature Miner Spoon. By Henry Bohm, Denver. Sterling Silver. Nearly As Made.
91 mm x 18 mm. 7.89 grams, .925 fine, 0.235 troy ounces ASW. The front of the spoon with two miners at top working a winch and two miners in the bowl. On the back is Bohm's hallmark and, on the handle, the initials L.M.W. and the date 1892. According to the website spoonplanet.com/miningprospector.html : Bohm is known to have been in the jewelry business in Denver (ca. 1896) and his large home still exists. I have now learned that this spoon was commissioned by Otto Mears, a railroad magnate in the Colorado area. The spoon was made in an unknown limited edition and given to guests at a banquet in Silverton, Co. in 1891.

Estimate: $550