Souvenir spoon: Edinburgh

Date letter for 1900

Maker

John Millward Banks (1863-1911)

Measurements

4-3/4 in x 1 in x 3/8 in

Materials

Gold-washed silver

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1233

Inscription

“Edinburgh” is in the bowl.  Registry number "RD291832," Chester silver hallmarks including an "R" date letter, and "JMB" touchmark are stamped into the back of the handle.

Provenance

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

Comments

The twisted handle of the spoon terminates in a sculpted representation of a Scot dressed in a kilt and playing bagpipes.  The bowl has Edinburgh, Scotland’s primary city, is rendered in an early English typeface in the bowl.