Spoon — Plain Pine, Sheffield, ca.1936
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca.1936
Spoon in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number CIRC.122B-1937), made in Sheffield, dated ca.1936, attributed to Belk, Walter. The museum's brief description reads: Dessert spoon, electroplate, 'Plain Pine' by Roberts and Belk, Sheffield, ca.1936.
Museum description: Dessert spoon, electroplate, 'Romney' 'Plain Pine' design. Oval bowl, pointed tip, the handle a tapered stem reducing towards the bowl, chamfered edges and stamped with a fleche pattern. The museum records it as electroplate, measuring Length 8.25 in; Depth 0.75 in. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- electroplated nickel silver
- Dimensions
- Length 8.25 in; Depth 0.75 in
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- electroplate
- Maker recorded
- Belk, Walter
- Place recorded
- Sheffield
Identification
- Museum object name
- Spoon
- Museum object number
- CIRC.122B-1937
- Museum system number
- O112471
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
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