This is a pretty souvenir hanky for Florida! It has scalloped edge and the design is a single large Hibiscus bloom. Hanky measures 13 ½” x 14” and is in excellent condition.
This item was made by New York's Henry Hebbard (also Hebberd) and retailed by Solomon (marked Soln.) Myers accord to the stamps on the reverse. It is an 8 5/8" long, 1.8 T. oz. coin silver berry spoon with a shell bowl. The pattern was patented in 1859 as indicated on the reverse. It is a modified Olive or Tuscan (itself a modified Olive) quite similar to John Polhamus's, with whom Hebbard is closely associted, Louis XIV of the same period. There is a feathered script "GS" monogram. It is i... Click for details