SUPER 5-Tone Figural GEISHA Sterling SOUVENIR SPOON !!

Here's a beautiful, high-quality figural geisha souvenir spoon.  Her open parasol forms the bowl and the size would probably make this suitable as a bonbon or nut spoon.  The geisha's body forms much of the handle with flowers and a shamisen (3-stringed musical instrument) below her.  The reverse is plain and marked STERLING and MADE IN JAPAN.  This is one of the finest examples you'll ever encounter.  These come in many shapes and sizes, and one probably could put together a few dozen different after many years of searching.  This one is in excellent condition and 5-13/16" long with a 2-3/16" wide bowl.  The really special part of this spoon, and something we've never before seen on a geisha spoon, is that it is finished with 5 different tones -- two silvers (bright and matte), two golds (one yellowish gold which accents the parasol and the geisha's kimono and one a deeper, brassier gold used on the flowers), and a deep brown enamel or lacquer used on the geisha's hair, obi, and the shamisen body.  Don't know the date of manufacture, but it is certainly quite old.  A truly gorgeous spoon!   

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