Souvenir spoon: Wilmington
Providence, Rhode Island
1891-1895
Maker
Gorham Manufacturing Co. (1831-1986)
Measurements
5-5/8 x 1-1/8 x 3/4
Materials
Silver
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
Accession Number
1971.1041
Inscription
“1698 / Wilmington / Del” is in relief in the spoon bowl; “MCW” is engraved in script on the end of the handle. “STERLING” and Gorham touchmarks are stamped into the bottom of bowl near handle; “S” is stamped into the underside of the handle near the tip.
Provenance
Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner
Comments
Old Swedes Church (Holy Trinity Church), built in 1699 in Wilmington, Delaware, is pictured in the bowl of this spoon. The handle is decoratively twisted with a gadroon-like molding that stops to create a smooth handle tip, where Mary Warner had her initials engraved.
