Diefenbaker : Artifact : Souvenir Spoon with Provincial Coat of Arms [80.5.262]

Souvenir Spoon with Provincial Coat of Arms

Artifact

Accession Number:

80.5.262

Materials

Silver

Measurements

3 cm (width) 15.1 cm (length) 2.3 cm (height)

Description

Sterling silver souvenir spoon, tea spoon sized. Over sized stem. Dominion of Canada. Stem features Coat of Arms in colour of the Canadian Provinces (top to bottom); Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia (1867-1929), New Brunswick, BC (1895- 1906), PEI, Manitoba, Yukon (Unofficial Edward Marion design, early 20th c.), and Saskatchewan. Topped with the Tudor Crown design (pre QEII?).

Bowl has engraved image of Victoria School (c. 1909/1910) the replacement of the LSS.

Back of spoon has engraved scene of three log drivers on a river with logs in the foreground and forest with cabin in the background.

Marks/Labels

On stem:
"Dominion
Of
Canada"

Engraved in bowl:
"School House
Saskatoon"

Back of stem:
"Stirling C3-A"

Accession number in black on back of bowl.