JL-N-27 | SAHRIS

General

Object Auto ID

23499

Alternate Codes

objectautoid_sahrisv1_29754

Common Name

spoon

Classified Name

SPOON

Quantity

1.00

Object Description

Spoon with large oval bowl. Its handle is a twisted spiral and it ends in a finial in the form of a man's head. The man has hair, large ears, a pointed beard and a moustache. On either side where his shoulders would have been has been broken off. The spoon comes with a wooden chain of three links that must have originally been attached.

Owner

Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)

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Inscription under the spoon bowl reads: Sister Kell with best wishes from Cecil Paddon, Ross MG Battery. 26 Sept.1900. Website entry for Cecil John Paddon who served at the Ross Machine Gun Battery during the South African War records that he died on the 19.1.01.http://www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/south-African-units/466-ross-machine-gun-battery?showall=&start=1