Name/Title
Ladle, Gravy: 100th RegimentEntry/Object ID
994.23.1Description
This object is a silver gravy spoon. Although it is silver, and some areas display the typical hue associated with this metal, the majority has assumed a straw yellow colour due to formation of a corrosion product on the surface. The tip of the handle is flattened into a fiddle shaped. The front of the flattened fiddle section contains the emblem of the 100th Regiment of Foot; this displays three feathers rising from a crown, with two ribbons on either side of the crown's bottom. The number "100" is engraved directly below this. The reverse of the flattened fiddle shaped tip of the handle contains 5 impressed maker marks in a vertical orientation.
These Maker's marks include:
Lion Passant: British silver between 1598 and 1820 Crowned Lion Head: London Assay Office Capital I within a particular shape: Assayed in 1804 (assay marks change in May, therefore assayed between May 1804 and May 1805) Sovereign Head: "Duty Mark" used between 1784 and 1890 to certify duty payment TB within rectangle: Maker's mark for Thomas Wilkes Barker. This mark registered in 1805 (in 1804 he was still registered under Christopher and Thomas Wilkes Barker") this places the gravy spoon as passing through the London Assay Office between January to May of 1805.Context
This object is significant as it was owned by Colonel George Thew Burke of the 100th Regiment of Foot and passed down through the family. The 100th Regiment of Foot was involved in the colonization of the Goulbourn Township area.Collection
Artefact Collection: PrimaryLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Ladle, GravyNomenclature Primary Object Term
Ladle, ServingNomenclature Sub-Class
Serving UtensilsNomenclature Class
Food Service T&ENomenclature Category
Category 04: Tools & Equipment for MaterialsSearch Terms
Regimental Silver
