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Dessert spoon: M.1-2014

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Eaton, Elizabeth

Entities

Categories

Description

Silver

Legal notes

Given by Jane Ewart

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2014-01-27) by Ewart, Jane

Dating

19th Century, Mid#
Victoria I
Date letter 1845 CE - 1846 CE

Note

Elizabeth Eaton was the widow of William Eaton of 16 Jewin Crescent, Aldersgate Street, London

School or Style

Victorian

Components of the work

Initial

Materials used in production

Silver

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: monarch's head
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Hallmark

Inscription present: gothic

  • Text: probably k
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Hall mark
  • Text: leopard's head
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Hallmark
  • Text: EE
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Maker's mark
  • Text: arrowhead
  • Type: Journeyman's mark
  • Text: W
  • Location: On handle
  • Method of creation: Engraved
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.1-2014
Primary reference Number: 200919
Entry from number: 1090
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 10 March 2015 Updated: Thursday 7 November 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

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