Souvenir spoon: Salt Lake City

1890-1910

Maker

Probably Whiting Manufacturing Co. (c. 1866-1924)

Measurements

4-1/8 in x 3/4 in x 1/2 in

Materials

Silver

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1139

Inscription

“STERLING” is preceded by a maker’s mark, probably a lion passant, on the back of the handle.

Provenance

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

Comments

The only evidence of a place associated with this spoon is the Salt Lake City name prominently in the bowl.  The handle is an intricately sculpted design with piercings that emphasize the floral vine in the handle.  A large flower separates the pierced section from the simpler incised part near the bowl.  The handle tip has a distinctive motif of five fanned ribs with balls at the tip of each.  Features of the handle design support the likely maker.