Inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty is this emotion laden poem
by Emma Lazarus.
In My Humble Opinion (IMHO) no finer poem has ever been penned.
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from
land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates
shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch,
whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her
name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome, her
mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin-cities
frame
"keep, ancient lands, your storied
pomp!" cries she
With silent lips, "Give me your tired
your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to
breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming
shore,
Send these, the homeless, temptest-tost
to me;
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
"Thus was Manhattan again left in primeval solitude
waiting for commerce to come and claim its own"
Many other versions of Statue of Liberty spoons exist. They range the gamut from beautiful full figurals thru very common silver plated examples.
The air-bridged harbor that twin-cities frame
embossed picture
Indian finial with embossed SOL
Hand engraved version of the Statue of Liberty in the gold washed bowl. The handle is number 133 from Wallace Silversmiths in their popular cutout and engraved flower design series
Statue of Liberty / New York commemorative spoon by Tiffany & Co.
This version of the Statue of Liberty by Shiebler is available in a tea and demi size (this is the tea size). She is holding aloft the bowl of the spoon instead of her torch. Some people really like the design of this spoon, and some abhor it. This spoon has a lightly embossed view of the Brooklyn Bridge in the bowl. The back of the bowl is engraved with somebody's initials in a very fancy script and the date 1/18/1902. I suspect that this spoon was originally purchased by an immigrant who had a profound memory of first seeing the great lady from an arriving ship. Most of the spoons of this type are not engraved in this manner.