Souvenir spoon: Hudson-Fulton Celebration
New York, New York
1909
Maker
Tiffany & Co. (est. 1837)
Measurements
5-3/4 in x 1-1/8 in x 7/8 in
Materials
Silver
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
Accession Number
1971.1060
Inscription
“DE HALVE MAENE / 1609 / NEW YORK” and “CLERMONT / 1807 / THE / HUDSON-FULTON / CELEBRATION / 1909” are cast into the handle and bowl.
“TIFFANY & CO. STERLING m” is stamped into the underside of the handle.
Provenance
Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner
Comments
The spoon honors the 1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration with an image of "De Halve Maene," i.e., The Half Moon, the Dutch East India Company three-masted ship captained by Henry Hudson sent to search for a Northwest Passage in 1609. The spoon bowl features an image of Robert Fulton's The Clermont. It was the world's first steamboat to be put into public service. It was built in New York City for use on the Hudson River between the city and Albany.
Bibliography
Accumulation & Display: Mass Marketing Household Goods in America, 1880-1920 (The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1986), no. 164, pp. 130-131.
