BUCKEY ONEILL ROUGH RIDER Sterling Silver Souvenir Spoon RARE
BUCKEY ONEILL – ROUGH RIDER Sterling Silver Souvenir Spoon – RARE. 6 Sterling Silver spoon showing rough rider Buckey O’Neill on horseback Below that is his name & monument to him erected in Prescott, Arizona in 1907. Handle reads Arizona, no etching in the bowl. Back of the spoon reads “Sterling” and O. Comes with nice gift box. His nickname came from his tendency to “buck the tiger” (play contrary to the odds) at faro or other card games. He later became captain in Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, and died in battle. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog.