Antique Sterling Silver Native American Sofkee Spoon By Greenleaf & Crosby Co.
Item History & Price
Reference Number: Avaluer:30086505 | Type: Souvenir Spoons |
Brand: Greanleaf & Crosby Co. / Gorham | Age: Ca. 1900 |
Weight: .77 Ozt | Composition: Sterling Silver |
Length: 5.35" |
Among the Native American tribes of Florida, sofkee is the term used to describe a corn meal mush, and this spoon designed by Greenleaf and Crosby circa 1900 is supposedly a scale model of such a porridge-making utensil.Osceola (1804 – January 30, 1838, Asi-yahola in Creek), named Billy Powell at birth in Alabama, became an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida.
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