Souvenir spoon: Portland, Oregon
Melrose Highlands, Massachusetts
1893-1905
Maker
Shepard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1893-1923)
Measurements
5-1/2 in x 1-1/4 in x 3/4 in
Materials
Silver
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
Accession Number
1971.1081
Inscription
“SALMON / PORTLAND” is in the bowl. “OREGON” is on the handle with “1859” below a shield incorporating “THE UNION” at the handle tip.
“STERLING” and "S" are on the back
Provenance
Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner
Comments
The spoon celebrates the entrance of Oregon into the United States as the 33rd state in 1859. The handle tip shows an American eagle above a shield in which a banner proclaims “THE UNION,” all above the year 1859. Below is a frog under an umbrella. The bowl features a large fish identified as a salmon.
Bibliography
Accumulation & Display: Mass Marketing Household Goods in America, 1880-1920 (The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1986), no. 204, pp. 144-145.
