Souvenir spoon: Chicago

Patented 1891

Maker

Dominick & Haff (1872-1928)
C.D. Peacock & Co., Chicago retailer (est. 1837)

Measurements

4-1/4 in x 7/8 in x 5/8 in

Materials

Silver with a gold-washed bowl

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1144

Inscription

“CHICAGO / 1871” is on the handle.  “STERLING,” maker touchmarks, and “PAT’D.91 C.D.PEACOCK” are on the back of the handle.

Provenance

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

Comments

The handle shows buildings in a great fire below “CHICAGO” and above “1871.”  The Great Chicago Fire began on October 8, 1871, and continued two more days.  The spoon is pictured and discussed in Anton Hardt, Souvenir Spoons of the 90’s:  As Pictured and Described in “The Jewelers’ Circular” & The James Catalogue in 1891 (New York:  the author, 1962), pp. 19-20.  It is described as being available “in tea, coffee, and orange sizes.”