Dallas [Souvenir Spoon]
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Dallas [Souvenir Spoon]Description
Shiebler aesthetic movement Passionflower floral pattern sterling silver souvenir spoon. The bowl is acid etched “Dallas Texas” with the lone star, and the back is engraved “Meta, Dec 25th 1891”. The spoon is marked on the back with the s with wings mark. This spoon is in good condition, measures 5.5” long, and weighs 1.05 troy ounces.Context
Souvenir spoons grew out of the birth of leisure tourism in Europe around the mid 1800s. Wealthy Americans on a Grand Tour of Europe brought home these souvenirs marked with the names of cities and some of the famous landmarks they had seen. This spoon was purchased at a high end silver retailer from one of a set of seventeen Shiebler flora pattern spoons, with the city name added separately to commemorate the visit, pre-dating the 1890s souvenir spoon craze.Category
Texas Silver, Handbook of Dallas-Fort Worth
Early Texas Furniture and Decorative Arts, TSHA Special Projects