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On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Serving Spoon

1820-1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Mortimer and Hunt (maker)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Shell and husk.

Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Tableware & Cutlery
Object type
Serving spoon
Materials and techniques
Silver
Brief description
Cutlery and Flatware (Benson)
Physical description
Shell and husk.
Dimensions
  • Finial to tip length: 22.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Under shaft: PATTERN, small incised triangle (workman’s mark?), Maker, M&H for Mortimer and Hunt?? - not in any mark books
  • Coronet on handle with E scripted on handle.
Bibliographic reference
Delmas, Luke and Luke Schrager, 'Private Die-Struck Heraldic Flatware 1780-1900'. In: Silver Studies. The Journal of the Silver Society, no. 38 (2022), pp. 82-97.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.55-1966

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Record createdMarch 3, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O95506/serving-spoon-mortimer-and-hunt/
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