Accession Number

2024.002.001.002

Description

One silver-plated serving spoon, the handle engraved, "Dolaura" in cursive font.

History of Use

This serving spoon was used aboard the TSSY Dolaura, the yacht commissioned and used by James and Laura Dunsmuir. When the yacht was sold by the family in 1920, the silverware was used by the Dunsmuir family at Hatley Park, their Colwood residence.

The donor's mother purchased this carving fork and the related flatware at a Victoria auction in the 1930s or 1940s. 

Date

circa 1907

Dimensions

2.5 x 5 x 24.1 cm

Material

Metal, alloy; Metal, silver

Technique

Stamped; Electroplated; Engraved

Country of Origin

England