Souvenir spoon: Virginia Beach

c. 1891

Maker

Gorham Manufacturing Co. (1831-1986)

Measurements

5 in x 1 in x 1/2 in

Materials

Silver and gold-washed bowl

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1073

Inscription

"Virginia / Beach" is on the inside of the bowl.

“STERLING,” “9,” and 3 Gorham touchmarks are on the back.

Provenance

Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner

Comments

The spoon has a clam-shaped bowl attached to the tail of a long, scaly fish that serves as the handle.  It is illustrated in Souvenir Spoons. Containing Descriptions and Illustrations of the Principal Designs Produced in the United States, comp. George B. James, Jr. (1891), p. 146.