Souvenir sugar scoop or spoon: Netherlands
The Netherlands (Holland)
1904
Measurements
3-1/2 in x 1-7/8 in x 1 in
Materials
Silver
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
Accession Number
1971.1066
Inscription
“1904” is engraved on the underside of the scoop at the top. Illegible initials are engraved below it.
Provenance
Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner
Comments
This flat, triangular-shaped scoop with an ornamental handle suggests a sugar scoop, although this example was not intended for use. Instead, it displays imagery suggestive of Holland. Inside the scoop, a Dutch milkmaid walks in from a field bearing a wood shoulder yoke from which buckets are hung on each side. A cow stands in the distance. Above the scoop, the handle has a short, pierced section. It supports a large sculpture of a single-masted sailboat with two jibs, one mounted on the tip of a bowsprit. An individual sits in the stern in front of a large rudder.
