Caddy spoon
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1810-1811
This silver caddy spoon was made in London between 1810 and 1811 by the silversmith Josiah Snatt. It measures 9.7 cm in length, 3.8 cm in width, and 3 cm in height. The piece bears London hallmarks for 1810–11, though the town mark is missing, along with the maker's mark of Josiah Snatt.
Constructed from two stamped silver components, the spoon features a broad bowl formed in the shape of a fluted shell. The handle, also stamped, terminates in a three-pronged fork configuration where it is soldered to the base of the shell bowl.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
A caddy spoon is designed to measure and take dry tea from a tea caddy, typically made small enough to fit directly inside. English caddy spoons emerged in the mid-18th century as the Chinese tea bottle was replaced by the tea caddy with an opening large enough for a dispensing spoon, making the earlier measuring bottle cover obsolete. Unlike many other small silver items, caddy spoons were excluded from the exemption under the English Act of 1790 and were consistently required to be hallmarked.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Silver, stamped
- Dimensions
- Height: 3 cm; Length: 9.7 cm; Width: 3.8 cm
Technical characteristics
- Inscriptions
- Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: Research required; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: London hallmarks for 1810-11 (town mark missing); Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: A8728; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: Research required; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: Mark of Josiah Snatt; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required
- Maker recorded
- Snatt, Josiah
- Place recorded
- London
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
- Caddy spoon
- Museum object number
- M.298-1940
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.