• Title
  Patrick White - silver christening gift, eggcup and spoon, 1913
• Call number
  R 959
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 56. Applies to R 959/Items 1 - 2
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  1910-1913 (silver marked 1910-1911, inscription 1913)
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  239952
• Physical Description
  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.
  
• Scope and Content
  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, letter 't' and maker's mark 'H.BRS'. Marked for Hardy Bros, Sheffield 1911.
  Cartouche shaped fitted case, contemporary with contents, with the insignia of "Hardy Brothers Ltd. / Goldsmiths & Jewellers / Sydney & Brisbane / Made in England" on fabric to the underside of the lid. Blue fabric interior base.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• 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.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Paddy / 25.12.13 inscribed on eggcup
• Subject
  White, Patrick, 1912-1990.
  Authors, Australian--20th century.
  
• Topic
  christenings
  presentation pieces
  silverware
  
• Exhibited in
  
  The life of Patrick White
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE8854250

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