Australian Colonial Silver Spoon, c.1840
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An Australian Colonial silver spoon, fiddle and shell pattern, engraved initials S.H.J; Sydney, c.1840. Length 18 cm. Note: the marks are identical, apart from the maker's initials 'Ch' to Alexander Dick. John Houstone 'Early Australian silver' (publ. Halstead 2012) proposes that the mark May be that of Charles Hendrick: see page 22-23 and marks 40-42, page 310
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- Marrow Spoon - A spoon with a long handle and a narrow scoop shaped bowl, used to scoop and eat marrow from the hollow centre of roasted bones. Some marrow scoops are double ended with a different shaped bowl at each end.
- Engraving - The method of decorating or creating inscriptions on silver and other metal objects by marking the surface with a sharp instrument such as a diamond point or rotating cutting wheel.
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