"The Apple King, Medford Ore." teaspoon by Mayer Bros., circa 1900. Bowl is enameled view of huge apples on a railroad flatcar.

 

 

Regional Spoon Collector ClubsPresident James Garfield teaspoon with Battle of Lake Erie bowl, cast by Gorham Mfg. Co. circa 1891.

The spoon clubs listed below have regional bases but typically their spheres of activity are much broader. Many collectors belong to more than one club and participate in club activities as they are able to. Each individual club has its own programs for promoting spoon collecting. Some have websites and some distribute newsletters containing informative spoon collecting articles and pictures. Most of them have periodic meetings and have hosted national spoon conventions in the past. Please contact individual clubs through their respective web sites.

Dallas Spooners. Periodic meetings, hosted national conventions in San Antonio, TX, 2003 and Dallas, TX, 1998.

Northeastern Spoon Collectors Guild (NSCG). Quarterly newsletter, website, semi-annual meetings, hosted national conventions in Washington, DC in 2000 and at Niagara Falls in 2006.

SouthWest Spoon Collectors' Club (SWSCC). Quarterly newsletter,
website, semi-annual meetings. Hosted the national convention in in Oklahoma City, September 11-16, 2007.

Spoon Collectors of Southern California (SCSC). Quarterly newsletter, website, bi-monthly meetings, hosted national conventions in Pasadena, CA, 2002 and San Diego, CA,1996. Scheduled to host the 2008 national convention in San Diego, CA, September 10th through the 13th, 2008.

Washington State Spooners (WSSC). Monthly meetings (except summer months and January), website, hosted national conventions Alaska cruise 2004 and at Bellingham, WA in 1999.


Bowl of Garfield spoon shown above-right. Depicts Commodore Perry's victory in the Battle of Lake Erie, Sep. 10, 1813.