Swedish Silver Spoon with Historical Provenance

Swedish silver spoon engraved Olof Hilmer Hedberg 14th April…
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Swedish silver spoon engraved Olof Hilmer Hedberg 14th April 1817 (on bowl) & Anders Hedberg (on handle) (19 cm). Olof Hedberg was born in Sweden in 1817 & arrived in Vdl in 1844. He became a well known whaler businessman & naturalist in the colony. The spoon was a gift at birth from his father. Dudley Francis Curzon Allport Married Marion Louisa Hedberg Daughter of Olof Hedberg. Provenance: Allport Family

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  • Marrow Spoon - A spoon with a long handle and a narrow scoop shaped bowl, used to scoop and eat marrow from the hollow centre of roasted bones. Some marrow scoops are double ended with a different shaped bowl at each end.
  • Engraving - The method of decorating or creating inscriptions on silver and other metal objects by marking the surface with a sharp instrument such as a diamond point or rotating cutting wheel.

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