Souvenir spoon: Atlantic City
North Attleboro, Massachusetts
c. 1893
Maker
Codding Brothers & Heilborn (1879-1918)
Measurements
5-1/2 in x 1-1/8 in x 3/4 in
Materials
Silver
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
Accession Number
1971.1059
Inscription
"ATLANTIC CITY N.J." is below the image in the bowl.
“CB&H STERLING” is in relief on the underside of the handle near the bowl.
Provenance
Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner
Comments
The spoon bowl has an image of a single-masted sailboat with a lighthouse in the distance. The handle incorporates a fish into its outline. The shaft on underside of the handle have detailed imagery of sealife.
Bibliography
Accumulation & Display: Mass Marketing Household Goods in America, 1880-1920 (The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1986), no. 189, p. 139.
