Souvenir spoon: Greece

1890-1915

Measurements

4-3/4 in x 1-1/8 in (dia) x 1/2 in

Materials

Gold-washed silver

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1099

Inscription

"ARMPARTHMA" is around one edge of the bowl.

Provenance

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

Comments

This enigmatic spoon has a round bowl that may possibly have been made from a coin.  Research into the word Armparthma leads nowhere, but the two portraits appear to be Greek warriors or leaders.  

The handle has two hemispherical cups spaced apart.  They likely held colored glass or some other “jewel-like” material.