Not on display

Strainer Spoon


Bowl of teaspoon size pierced with crosses and symmetrical scrolls. Long double-drop on back of bowl. Stem comparatively short but apparently unaltered, ends in a four-sided spike. Maker's mark WC below another, struck on the edge of the stem. Probably an unrecorded mark of Thomas and William Chawner.

Object details

Object type
Strainer spoon
Brief description
Silver, London, about 1765. Maker's mark WC, probably Thomas and William Chawner.
Physical description
Bowl of teaspoon size pierced with crosses and symmetrical scrolls. Long double-drop on back of bowl. Stem comparatively short but apparently unaltered, ends in a four-sided spike. Maker's mark WC below another, struck on the edge of the stem. Probably an unrecorded mark of Thomas and William Chawner.
Dimensions
  • Tip of finial to edge of bowl length: 12.8cm
  • Across widest point of bowl width: 2.5cm
  • Back to front of bowl (max) depth: 1.5cm
Credit line
Given by Miss Majorie Ball
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.23-1975

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Record createdApril 27, 1999
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O10942/strainer-spoon/
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