Souvenir spoon: Mexico

1890-1915

Measurements

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

Materials

Silver

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1121

Inscription

“MEXICO” is at the top of the image in the bowl.

Condition Notes

The handle appears to be bent flat to some degree.

Provenance

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

Comments

The silver spoon has three-dimensionally modeled eagle with a snake in its mouth, a symbol of Mexico with origins in Aztec traditions.  The circular bowl has “MEXICO” at the top of an image that may represent the Pyramid of Tenayuca, just north of Mexico City.  It was built about 1224 by the Chichimec people and later conquered by the Aztecs.