Patrick White - silver christening gift, eggcup and spoon, 1913
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    Patrick White - silver christening gift, eggcup and spoon, 1913

    Call numbers

    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

    Full title

    Patrick White - silver christening gift, eggcup and spoon, 1913

    Date

    1910-1913 (silver marked 1910-1911, inscription 1913)

    Call Numbers

    R 959 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 1, Shelf 23

    Record Identifier

    YezgpDK9

    Formats

    Pictures and Objects

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    Objects - 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. - silver eggcup and spoon, in case
    — Other Descriptions

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    Access and use

    Physical Access Conditions

    Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian

    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    authors christenings presentation pieces silverware White, Patrick, 1912-1990

    More information

    — 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 passant, l...

    — 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

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