Souvenir spoon: Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania
United States
1892-1900
Measurements
5-5/8 in x 1-1/8 in x 3/4 in
Materials
Silver
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
Accession Number
1971.1068
Inscription
“MAUCH / CHUNK / PA” is in raised lettering on the handle. “STERLING” and “PATENTED.” are stamped into the underside of the handle.
Provenance
Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner
Comments
The town of Mauch Chunk (Lenape language for “bear place”), founded in 1818 in the east-central part Pennsylvania, was renamed Jim Thorpe in 1954. In the 19th century, it became a large coal shipping center by canal and later by rail. The townscape portrayed in the spoon bowl shows a huge pile of coal in the center.
Bibliography
Accumulation & Display: Mass Marketing Household Goods in America, 1880-1920 (The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1986), no. 193, p. 140.
