Spoon, medicine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- covered
- DATE
- 1800–1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0758.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Maw, S.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- castor oil spoon
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- pewter
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.5 cm
- Width
- 4.0 cm
- Height
- 2.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Patient care
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Maw
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Presumably made and used in 19th c.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " [illegible] & S. MAW/ LONDON" stamped into upper surface of spoon. UHN catalogue no. "X934.3.5" printed by hand in white ink on underside of spoon body.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Dull pewter.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Maw, S., Spoon, medicine, circa 1800–1890, Artifact no. 2002.0758, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0758.001/
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