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Tea Scoop Scoop
This is a scoop. It was made by Samuel Pemberton. It is dated 1809 and we acquired it in 1926. Its medium is silver, mother of pearl. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
text from "Implements of Eating" in Feeding Desire exhibition catalogue:
"By the first decade of the eighteenth century, afternoon tea had become an imporatnat social function in England, and the size of ladies' teacups brought about a shortening of the spoon handles to better accommodate them. The side of caddy spoons was directly proportional to the cost of the tea itself. Initially quite small when tea was new and expensive, these spoons grew progressively larger as tea declined in cost (figs, 19, 20). Similar changes can be traced in the availability of sugar, whose implenets also reflecedt the march of industrialization."
This object was
bequest of
Mrs. John Innes Kane.
It is credited Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
Its dimensions are
L x W: 11 × 3.7 cm (4 5/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
It has the following markings
On inside well of scoop: [1] “SP”, impressed (maker’s mark) [2] Lion passant, impressed (standard mark, English) [3] Anchor, impressed (town mark, Birmingham) [4] “l” in pointed shield, impressed (date letter, 1809) [5] Head of King George III, impressed (duty mark, 1786–1820)
Cite this object as
Tea Scoop Scoop; Made by Samuel Pemberton; England; silver, mother of pearl; L x W: 11 × 3.7 cm (4 5/16 × 1 7/16 in.); Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1926-37-147
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
