Souvenir spoon: Ulster

1906 date letter

Measurements

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

Materials

Silver with a gold-washed bowl and enameled handle

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1216

Inscription

“ULSTER” is across the top of the handle tip.  Touchmarks on the back of the handle include an anchor, a lion, and the “g” date letter for 1906.  An unidentified maker's touchmark is a trefoil with the letters "C / N P" or "G / N P."

Provenance

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

Comments

The spoon has a shield at the tip of the twisted handle.  The shield design incorporates the "Red Hand of Ulster" over a red cross, against an orange background.  Much of the ancient province of Ulster is now Northern Ireland.  It is largely Scotch-Irish whereas the rest of Ireland is predominantly Catholic.  The bowl is not decorated.