Shell spoon

1875-1925

Measurements

4-3/4 in x 1-1/8 in x 7/8 in

Materials

Mother-of-pearl (or nacre), silver

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1148

Provenance

Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner

Comments

This spoon, with a cylindrical handle highlighted by turned elements at the end and in the middle, attaches with two rivets to an oval, fish-shaped bowl made of mother-of-pearl, also called nacre.  Fish scales are represented by cross-hatching.