Spoon
- Object Name:
- Spoon
- Object ID:
- 1941.007.11
- Place of Origin:
- Exeter, England
- Date:
- 1849-1850
- Description:
- Silver Egg Spoon. Standard pattern known as "King." Downturned "fiddle" handle having a rounded end and tapering to squared fins above pear-oval shaped bowl, having narrowest point at handle juncture. Embossed decoration in standard pattern of shells, anthemions and scrolls on both surfaces of handle. Large shell on reverse of bowl, at base of scrolled simulation of a drop. Feathered script intertwined initials "MHJ" engraved on reverse of handle face. Impressed marks on reverse of handle shank: "W / W / W" in rectangle, together with four hallmarks -- left facing Queen's head within a circle mark, left facing lion passant within a rectangle with cut corners, castle within a rectangle with cut corners, and a black upper case letter "D" within a square with cut corners (date letter for 1849-1850).
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-0.9 L-5.125 inches
- Provenance:
- Initials engraved on spoon, "MHJ," are those of the donor, Margaret H. Jewell (1866-1970). Jewell was a collector of silver spoons, particularly those from Europe. This spoon was probably part of her collection; several of the collected spoons were engraved with her initials.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- People:
- Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)
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