Caddy spoon

1860-1910

Measurements

5-1/4 in x 1-3/4 in x 1 in

Materials

Silver

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1201

Inscription

An unidentified touchmark is on the handle near the bowl.

Provenance

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

Comments

The spoon has a large, oval bowl and a short handle that terminates in a complex handle tip featuring a bird and a cartouche.  The bowl has a repoussé pastoral image of a young man kneeling and extending his hand to an animal, perhaps a sheep.  A multi-floored building is in the background, and a vegetable or fruit composition is below. A band of beads, separated from one another, encircles the image inside a wavy edge.

The spoon is similar in form and decoration to accession no. 1971.1198.