Casa Loma Toronto Canada Souvenir Teaspoon Tea Spoon Castle 3-15/16" long

Casa Loma Toronto Canada Souvenir Teaspoon Tea Spoon Castle 3-15/16" long

I acquired this spoon from an estate sale.

The spoon is topped with a crest with a likeness of the Casa Loma castle in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The title of the crest is "Casa Loma, Toronto". The rear of the spoon is stamped "Nickel Silver BM Co Made in Canada".

The spoon measures 3-15/16 inches (10 cm) long X 3/4 inch (2 cm) wide (At the widest part of the spoon bowl) and weighs 10 gr.
The spoon is in fair condition with a few light scratches. The top rear of the spoon has some pitting to the finish. (See pictures).

From the Wikipedia:

Calgary:

Casa Loma (Spanish for Hill House) is a Gothic Revival style house and gardens in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that is now a museum and landmark. It was originally a residence for financier Sir Henry Mill Pellatt. Casa Loma was constructed over a three-year period from 1911–1914. The architect of the mansion was E. J. Lennox, who was responsible for the designs of several other city landmarks.

In 1903, Sir Henry Pellatt purchased 25 lots from developers Kertland and Rolf. Sir Henry commissioned Canadian architect E. J. Lennox to design Casa Loma with construction beginning in 1911, starting with the massive stables, potting shed and Hunting Lodge (a.k.a. coach-house) a few hundred feet north of the main building. The Hunting Lodge is a two storey 4,380-square-foot (407 m2) house with servant's quarters. As soon as the stable complex was completed, Sir Henry sold his summer house in Scarborough to his son and moved to the Hunting Lodge. The stables were used as a construction site for the castle (also served as the quarters for the men servants), with some of the machinery still remaining in the rooms under the stables.

The house cost approximately $3.5 million and took a team of 300 workers three years to build from start to finish. Unfortunately, due to the start of World War I, construction on the house was halted. At 98 rooms, it was the largest private residence in Canada. Notable amenities included an elevator, an oven large enough to cook an ox, two vertical passages for pipe organs, central vacuum, two secret passages in Sir Henry's ground-floor office and three bowling alleys (never completed).

The spoon is stored in a baggie and will be shipped in the baggie, in a padded envelope.

Of course, as always, I combine shipping and all stated postage includes free insurance.

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