Caddy Spoon
Caddy Spoon
1897 (made)
1897 (made)
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| Place of origin |
A caddy spoon is a type of spoon for use in taking and measuring dry tea from a tea caddy, usually small enough to fit inside the caddy. English examples were developed in the mid 18th century when the Chinese tea bottle was superseded by the tea caddy, having an opening large enough to accommodate a small spoon to dispense and measure the tea and when the cover (the thimble top) was no longer used as a measure. Caddy spoons were always required to be hallmarked, being excluded from the exemption of the English act of 1790 relating to small articles.
Object details
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| Title | Caddy Spoon (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Electroplated Britannia Metal |
| Brief description | Caddy spoon, advertising 'Wilson's Pure Tea', Advertising Ephemera, electroplated Britannia Metal, Sheffield, Wingfield and Rowbotham,1897. |
| Physical description | Caddy spoon, electroplated Britannia Metal, (the silver surface now entirely wanting), oval bowl, incised, with and embossed with an inscription, short handle, rounded tip. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | THE DRINK / 1897 / OF HEALTH and WILSON'S PURE TEA / CROYDON (Incised and embossed on both sides of the spoon.) |
| Production | Advertising ephemera. |
| Summary | A caddy spoon is a type of spoon for use in taking and measuring dry tea from a tea caddy, usually small enough to fit inside the caddy. English examples were developed in the mid 18th century when the Chinese tea bottle was superseded by the tea caddy, having an opening large enough to accommodate a small spoon to dispense and measure the tea and when the cover (the thimble top) was no longer used as a measure. Caddy spoons were always required to be hallmarked, being excluded from the exemption of the English act of 1790 relating to small articles. |
| Other number | MET.LOST.853 - Previous number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.25586 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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