Souvenir spoon: Louisville, Kentucky

1890-1910

Measurements

3-7/8 in x 1 in x 5/8 in

Materials

Silver with a gold-washed bowl

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1162

Inscription

“LOUISVILLE” is in the heart-shaped bowl.

Provenance

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

Comments

The spoon has a handle with a twisted shaft.  It attaches to a heart-shaped, gold-washed bowl that has “LOUISVILLE” (Kentucky) across it.  The opposite end of the handle is decorated with a narrow strap of silver tied into a bow.  One end of the strap curls around the handle.  The spoon is designed and made differently than almost all other American souvenir spoons.

It bears no maker or other marks.