Souvenir spoon: Rossland, Canada
Probably Toronto, Canada
1891-1905
Maker
Probably Roden Brothers (1891-1953)
Measurements
4 in x 7/8 in 1/2 in
Materials
Gold-washed silver with enamels
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
Accession Number
1971.1077
Inscription
“Rossland / B.C.” is inside the bowl. "STERLING" is on the back of the handle.
Provenance
Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner
Comments
This finely made spoon displays a complex cartouche handle decorated with red, yellow, green, blue, and white enamels applied with a cloisonné technique in which the colors are contained by thin metal barriers. The bowl uses the gold wash to print its design.
The advance fabrication techniques, the similarity of this spoon to a marked example for "Toronto" (accession no. 1971.1074), and general proximity of the Canadian town of Rossland to Toronto suggests manufacture of this unmarked spoon by Roden, a large and capable entity in Toronto.
Rossland, a mountain resort area, is located in the Canadian Rockies just north of the eastern end of the Washington State border.
