Souvenir spoon: St. Augustine
St. Augustine, Florida
1890-1900
Maker
Greenleaf and Crosby (est. 1887)
Measurements
6-1/8 x 1-1/4 x 1
Materials
Silver
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
Accession Number
1971.1043
Provenance
Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner
Comments
The spoon handle shows the old watch tower built onto a corner of Fort Marion, a late 17th century star-shaped fort originally called Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine.
The spoon is clearly stamped with the Greenleaf & Crosby marks. An identical spoon at Historic New England, accession no. 2016.64.6.43, is identified as made by Gorham Manufacturing Co. in 1890, although their several touchmarks are not evident.
