Souvenir spoon: Savannah

1890-1910

Maker

Robert Wallace & Sons (founded 1875)

Measurements

5-5/8 in x 1-1/8 in x 3/4 in

Materials

Silver with a gold-washed bowl and cloisonné enamel

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1226

Inscription

“SAVANNAH / GA.” is in the bowl.  “RW&S” and “STERLING” are stamped into the back of the handle.

Provenance

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

Comments

The city of Savannah, along the coast of Georgia, was founded in 1733.  It is particularly well known for its antebellum architecture dispersed around the city’s grid plan that incorporates 24 public squares.

The complex pseudo-armorial cloisonné enamel crest on the handle occurs on other spoons not related to Savannah, suggesting that it has no purpose or meaning aside from decoration.