Caddy spoon
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1803-1804
This object is a silver caddy spoon designed with a scoop-shaped bowl and an elongated handle. The bowl features a curved, shovel-like form with raised sides, bearing a row of impressed maker's and assay marks across its interior surface. The neck transitions into a turned section that connects to a slender, dark, tapering handle terminal.
The spoon was produced in Birmingham between 1803 and 1804. It carries the marks of the silversmithing partnership Cocks & Betteridge.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
The mark of Cocks & Betteridge was identified by members of the Caddy Spoon Society during a visit in September 2015. A very similar spoon is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession number 97.2.184).
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Cocks & Betteridge
- Place recorded
- Birmingham
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Spoon, caddy
- Museum object number
- 1319-1902
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.