Patrick White - silver christening gift, eggcup and spoon, 1913
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Patrick White - silver christening gift, eggcup and spoon, 1913
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R 959 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 1, Shelf 23
Record identifier
YezgpDK9
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Patrick White - silver christening gift, eggcup and spoon, 1913
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Date
1910-1913 (silver marked 1910-1911, inscription 1913)
Call Numbers
R 959 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 1, Shelf 23
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Formats
— Physical Description
Contents
1 silver eggcup and spoon, in case - eggcup (height 7 cm., diam. base 4.2 cm., diam. top, 4.8 cm.); spoon (11.8 cm. length, width 2.5 cm.), in case 15 x 15.5 x 7 cm.
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— SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Contents
Sterling silver eggcup of solid gauge, plain vase shaped with reeded rim, moulded stem and on spreading foot. Stamped with maker's mark 'H.BRS' and hallmarks: crown, lion passant, letter 's'. Marked for Hardy Bros, Sheffield 1910.
Spoon, plain Old English pattern with fully reeded end to the handle. Stamped with hallmarks: crown, lion passan...
— ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Full title
Patrick White - silver christening gift, eggcup and spoon, 1913
— NOTES
General note
For his first twenty years Patrick White was known as Paddy. Reference: Patrick White : a life / by David Marr. Milsons Point, N.S.W. : Random House, 1991.
Signature / Inscriptions
Paddy / 25.12.13 inscribed on eggcup
— CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
Source
Presented by Kerry Walker, February 2005
Exhibited in
The life of Patrick White
Identifiers
— PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS
Call Numbers
R 959 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 1, Shelf 23
Record Identifier
YezgpDK9
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https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezgpDK9/62pdXkLjNopZz
— OTHER IDENTIFIERS
Reference code
239952
