Souvenir spoon: Scotland

Date letter for 1908

Maker

J. M. T.

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 "J.H.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