Souvenir spoon: Chester, England

Date letter for 1903

Measurements

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

Materials

Silver with a gold-washed bowl and handle tip

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1181

Inscription

"CHESTER" is in a banner below the cathedral.  Difficult to read hallmarks are those of Birmingham and include "T", an anchor and lion, and the "d" date letter. 

Provenance

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

Comments

Chester Cathedral, completed in the 16th century was extensively restored in the 19th.  Restoration projects continued into the 1910s.  There is no obvious time for celebrating with production of a souvenir spoon, but the date letter in the hallmarks indicates that it was made in 1903.