Souvenir spoon: Malta

1890-1910

Measurements

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

Materials

Gold-washed silver and enamels

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1097

Provenance

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

Comments

The blue and white shield at the tip of the handle bears a Maltese cross.  The enamel image inside the round spoon bowl shows the interior of Saint John’s Conventual (meaning it served both as a bishop’s seat and the main church for a monastic order) Cathedral in Valletta, Malta.  It was built between 1573 and 1578; the interior was redecorated in the 17th century in the high Baroque style.