Spoon

MOA: University of British Columbia

3443/16

Small silver salt spoon with small deep bowl. The handle is attached on one side of the bowl like a ladle. The handle has horizontal bands evenly spaced out like a bamboo stalk.

  • Narrative

    This set of containers and spoons (3443/1-16) were given to the donor's family in the mid-1950s, from their elderly neighbour, Mrs. Bissett, who lived in Hopkins Landing. Her husband had worked for a steamship company which made regular trips to east Asia in the late 19th/early 20th century, and brought many objects home on his return voyages.


  • Type of Item spoon
  • Culture Chinese
  • Material silver metal
  • Measurements height 5.6 cm, width 1.5 cm, depth 1.5 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Penny Connell
  • Received from Penny Connell

  • Made in China

  • Ownership Date before September 16, 2020
  • Acquisition Date on September 16, 2020

  • Item Classes metalwork
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 3443/0016