spoon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40686
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV000.7.2
- Description
- Spoon, red-gold metal. Top of handle is a medallion with double busts of George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Upper part of stem has twisted design, then straight section, then flourishes above and below large round area with flower at centre. Bowl has leafy designs.
- Marks/Labels
- At top of handle "GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH", on reverse, "CROWNED MAY 12, 1937". On back of stem at middle, "DES.REGD"; on back of bowl, on inset areas, "ANOINTING SPOON" "USED IN" "CORONATION CEREMONY" "SINCE XII CENTURY".