Souvenir spoon: Fort Monroe

Patented 1891

Maker

William B. Durgin Co. (1853-1924)

Measurements

5-7/8 in x 1-1/8 in x 5/8 in

Materials

Silver

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1232

Inscription

“OLD / POINT / COMFORT” is in raised letters at the tip of the handle; “US” is across the middle of the handle; “ENTRANCE / TO / FORT MONROE” is along the bottom of the bowl. 

“PAT.MCH.3.91”, the Durgin touchmark (which appears upside down), and “STERLING” are stamped into the back at the join of the handle and bowl.

Provenance

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

Comments

The spoon, which has a pinched bowl, has

Bibliography

Accumulation & Display:  Mass Marketing Household Goods in America, 1880-1920 (The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1986), no. 184, p. 138.