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Dessert Spoon

ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hunt & Roskell (maker)
Francis Higgins (maker)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Hanoverian pattern.

Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Tableware & Cutlery
Object type
Dessert spoon
Materials and techniques
Silver stamped with Hanoverian pattern
Brief description
Cutlery and Flatware (Benson)
Physical description
Hanoverian pattern.
Dimensions
  • Length: 17.30cm
  • Width: 3.80cm
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of stem: makers mark FH in a heart for Francis Higgins (used 1869 - 1880), PATTERN, makers mark IH & RR for John Hunt and Robert Roskell. Underside of bowl: l
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.29A-1966

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Record createdMarch 3, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O95466/dessert-spoon-francis-higgins/
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