Accession No
TEMP.01893
Description
Table spoon of pewter with fig-shaped bowl and unidentified hallmark, showing an anchor with the initials 'AB'. Multi-facetted stem; three-dimensional finial in the shape of a lion holding a shield. Hole in bowl.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; ?Cambridgeshire; ?Cambridge; ?Trinity College
Period
Post Medieval
Source
White, William [collector]; Cambridge Antiquarian Society [?monetary donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.01893; 1893.292
Cultural Affliation
Material
Pewter; Metal
Local Term
Measurements
151mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label affixed to the back of the spoon: 'Wm White, Coll., C. Ant. Soc. 1893, 292.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Display)
Copper tie attached to handle may indicate that this object may have been on display in the past.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Description (Physical description)
Table spoon of pewter with fig-shaped bowl and unidentified hallmark, showing an anchor with the initials 'AB'. Multi-facetted stem; three-dimensional finial in the shape of a lion holding a shield. Hole in bowl.
Event Date 06/11/2023
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Analysis)
The label might link to an article by William White in the Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society 8 (3), pp. 292-300 titled 'On objects of antiquarian interest dug up in Trinity College' which was published in 1895. As this cannot be proven with certainty, the 'places' field left the connection to Trinity College vague.
Event Date 7/11/2023
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:299069
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