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+ Governor Phillip Gidley King
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Dessert spoon, sterling silver, 1751 - 1752
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Object statement
Dessert spoon, sterling silver, possibly owned by Governor Philip Gidley King, maker John Payne (attributed), London, England, 1751-1752
The Significance Statement summarises why an object is important and places it in a social and cultural context. An object may be significant for various reasons, including: historical use, rarity, design/aesthetics, new technology or changes in society. Statement of significance
This spoon appears to have once been the property of either Governor Philip Gidley King, his son Admiral Phillip Parker King, or the grandson Philip Gidley King (Jnr.) This piece of silverware is part of a donation which contains no complete set of tableware and covers nearly 100 years suggesting they were owned by a number of different members of the King family.

The early tableware exhibits the more restrained neo-classical and regency styles while the later is characterised by the more curved forms and elaborate design of the rococo-revival period.

Geoff Barker, Assistant Curator, December 2009

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Description
Dessert spoon, sterling silver, possibly owned by Governor Philip Gidley King, maker John Payne (attributed), London, England, 1751-1752
Made: 1751 - 1752
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
H7233
Production date
1751 - 1752
Height
29 mm
Width
45 mm
Depth
201 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Gift of King, Z., 1963
This object belongs to:
King Family Collection
Subjects
+ King, Philip Gidley
+ King, Phillip Parker
+ Domestic life
+ Colonial period
+ Colonial life
+ Colonial history of New South Wales
+ Colonial government
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