Souvenir spoon: Scotland

Date letter for 1908

Maker

Probably John Maitland Talbot (1895-1908)

Measurements

3-5/8 in x 3/4 in x 3/8 in

Materials

Silver with a gold-washed bowl

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1165

Inscription

Edinburgh hallmarks with a "B" date letter and "J.M.T." are on the back of the handle.

Provenance

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

Comments

The spoon has a prominent Scotch thistle at the tip.  The crabstock handle (i.e., imitating a twig branch) has a leafy motif wrapped around its middle.  The bowl is ornately relieved with a prancing or rampant unicorn within a shield