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Spoon

MOA: University of British Columbia

3443/15

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, and the end is a circular decoration with a large Chinese character in the centre.

  • 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 6.7 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 3443/0015

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