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1884.5.47

Lead spoon with oval bowl and broad handle.

1884.5.47

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Collection type
Object
Description
Lead spoon with oval bowl and broad handle.
Date
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Lead Metal, Process Cast
Dimensions
Length: max 130 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.5.47 PR Cat other PR nos: 1829
Research and responses

Pitt Rivers was in Ireland [serving in the Army] from 1862-66, this object may have been obtained during this period [Bowden, 1991: 60-4]. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Food and Drink, Spoon, Food Accessory

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