Souvenir spoon: Blue Mountain House
Irvington, New Jersey, and Sag Harbor, New York
1886-1913
Maker
Alvin Corporation (1886-1928)
William Barthman, retailer in New York, New York (est. 1884)
Measurements
5 in x 1-1/8 in x 3/4 in
Materials
Silver
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
Accession Number
1971.1131
Inscription
"BLUE MOUNTAIN HOUSE / BLUE MT. MD.” is across the bowl. “A” with maker touchmarks and “STERLING” with “Wm. BARTHMAN” is stamped into the back of the handle shaft.
Provenance
Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner
Comments
The spoon celebrates the Blue Mountain House in Pen Mar Park, Maryland. The 300-room resort hotel, shown in the spoon bowl image, was built in 1883 for visitors and guests from Washington, DC, Baltimore, and other urban areas. The hotel burned in 1913.
