Sourvenir spoon: Wiesbaden
Pforzheim, Germany
1905-1909
Maker
Kappler Friedrich Kappler (active 1905-1909)
Measurements
5 in x 1 in x 5/8 in
Materials
Gold-washed silver and enamel
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
Accession Number
1971.1127
Inscription
"800KFK" is stamped into the back of the handle tip.
Provenance
Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner
Comments
The decoratively sculpted and pierced handle tip has a coat-of-arms of three golds fleurs-de-lis against a deep blue background. This design, strongly associated with Paris and France, is also the coat-of-arms for Wiesbaden, a city in Germany. That city name is emblazoned on the bowl.
The spoon is marked with an 800 on the back of the handle, representing the purity of the silver, namely 800/1000.
