Souvenir spoon: Cincinnati

1890-1897

Maker

Gorham Manufacturing Co. (1831-1986)
Cincinnati retailer, Duhme & Company (1844-1897) and later

Measurements

5 in x 1-3/8 in x 1/2 in

Materials

Silver

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1196

Inscription

"CITY OF CINCINNATI" is in relief in the bowl.  Gorham touchmarks, “STERLING”, and “DUHME & CO” are stamped into the back of the handle.

Provenance

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

Comments

The handle representing a robed woman with outstretched arms replicates the bronze statue of “The Genius of Water” atop the Tyler Davidson Fountain in Cincinnati.  The fountain was dedicated in 1871.  The round bowl depicts the Seal of the City of Cincinnati, adopted in 1819.

Bibliography

Accumulation & Display:  Mass Marketing Household Goods in America, 1880-1920 (The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1986), no. 190, pp. 139-140.