Spoon, trefid pattern, York, 1668-1669
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1668-1669
This is why the initials or crest of the original owners are engraved on what we would now think of as the back of the spoon. This spoon was in the collection of the Marquess of Breadalbane (1851-1922), an important early collector of spoons who, unusually, distinguished pieces in his collection by literally stamping his name on them. He was also an enthusiastic patron of Scottish silversmiths of his own time. Spoon, silver with later gilding, lace-back trefid pattern.
The spoon was once in the collection of the Marquess of Breadalbane (1851 – 1922).
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 3
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver with later gilding
- Dimensions
- Length: 20 cm; Weight: 51.2 g
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- York
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- On the back of the stem, L to R from the bowl: Leopard's head and fleur-de-lys dimidiated and conjoined, the mark of the York assay office; maker's mark 'C W' above a pellet in a shaped shield, for Christopher Whitehill; date letter a Gothic 'L' for the York assay office year 1692-93.; Engraved on the back of the stem, above the hallmarks, with the name 'Breadalbane'.
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- vam-O271793
- Museum object name
- Spoon
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- M.261-1940
- Museum system number
- O271793
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.