Spoon, Leamington, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1920-1940
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1920-1940
Spoon in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number CIRC.317-1976), made in Leamington, Stratford-upon-Avon, dated 1920-1940. The museum's brief description reads: Dispensing spoon, aluminium advertising Mellins Foods, England, 1920-1940..
Museum description: Dispensing spoon, stamped and embossed aluminium, rectangular bowl with inward curving sides, straigth stem terminating with a plain moulding and a flat, square tip with embossed lettering: `MELLIN'S / FOOD / FOR / INFANTS / & / ADULTS'. The bowl embossed with the lettering, `UNTOUCHED / BY HAND'. The museum records it as Aluminium, stamped and embossed., measuring Length x cm; Width x cm. 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
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- aluminium
- Dimensions
- Length x cm; Width x cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Aluminium, stamped and embossed.
- Place recorded
- Leamington, Stratford-upon-Avon
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- UNTOUCHED / BY HAND; MELLIN'S / FOOD / FOR / INFANTS / & / ADULTS
Identification
- Museum object name
- Spoon
- Museum object number
- CIRC.317-1976
- Museum system number
- O295929
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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