• Title
  Cabin plate of the Investigator, 1800 / Matthew Flinders
• Call number
  R 288
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 56. Applies to R 288/Items 1 - 15.
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  1800
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  413475
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  8 teaspoons - sterling silver - 13.5cm
  6 tablespoons - 22.2 cm
  1 gravy spoon - 30.3 cm
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  The pieces are hallmarked by Richard Crossley: from left to right the lion passant indicating sterling silver; the leopard's head is the office mark of the London Assay Office; the letter "E" dates the piece to 1800; the profile of the King's head indicates excise duty has been paid, while "RC" are the registered initials of its maker.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 846728
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Each piece is engraved "Cabin", and hallmarked.
• Subject
  Cutlery.
  Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814.
  Silverware.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Matthew Flinders : The Ultimate Voyage - State Library of New South Wales
  Landmarks: People and Places across Australia - National Museum of Australia (May 2011 - May 2014). Applies to: a-b
  Artefact or Fiction: Curriculum highlights, 20 April 2018 to 19 April 2019 - State Library of New South Wales (April 2018 - April 2019). Applies to: R 288/Items 11-15
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1063053

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