Souvenir spoon: Quebec
Toronto, Canada
1893
Maker
P. W. Ellis & Co. (1877-1928)
Measurements
5-1/4 in x 1 in x 3/4 in
Materials
Silver with a gold-washed bowl
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
Accession Number
1971.1089
Condition Notes
“CHATEAU FRONTENAC QUEBEC SOUVENIR” is in the bowl above an image of the hotel.
“STERLING” with a diamond touchmark enclosing a star-like shape with an “E” in the center.
Provenance
Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner
Comments
The spoon, with its pointed bowl with scalloped edge near the handle, celebrates the Chateau Frontenac, a historic hotel in Old Quebec City that opened in 1893. The handle tip bears the coat of arms of the city, founded in 1608 and incorporated in 1833.
