Spoon: Aesthetic Movement

1875-1895

Measurements

4-1/4 in x 7/8 in x 1/2 in

Materials

Silver with a gold-washed bowl

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1138

Inscription

“STERLING” is on the back of the handle.

Condition Notes

The tip of the flat. sheet-silver handle is slightly bent.

Provenance

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

Comments

The three tulips in the pierced handle suggest a design link to the Aesthetic Movement, a distinctive style, based in part on Japanese influences, that began in England in the late 1860s and 70s.  It spread to America about 1880.  The spoon, catalogued among the large souvenir spoon collection of Mrs. Mary Corbit Warner, has no other clues or ties to places, people, events, or other collectible themes.