Souvenir spoon: Oberammergau, Germany
Germany
1890-1910
probably c. 1900
Measurements
4-7/8 in x 7/8 in x 1/2 in
Materials
Gold-washed silver and enamel
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
Accession Number
1971.1118
Inscription
“Oberammergau” is written across the banner below the shield on the handle tip. “800” stamped into the center of the back of the handle tip.
Provenance
Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner
Comments
This spoon features a crest of the town of Oberammergau, identified immediately below. A crown-like castellated tower surmounts the shield. The bowl has a detailed enameled image of the Crucifixion. Oberammergau, a town in Upper Bavaria, Germany, has a 400-year tradition of staging plays of the Passion every ten years on years ending in 0. Given that, the souvenir spoon may have been made about 1900.
The ”800” stamped into the back of the handle represents the silver quality, namely 80 per cent, common in European silverware.
