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Silver tablespoon
A silver fiddle-pattern tablespoon. The mark of William Eley and Willaim Fearn is engraved on the handle. A crest is engraved on the handle. The crest at the top of the handle is the SAN JOSEF Crest, created for Lord Nelson after his capture of the Spanish ship 'San Jose' (renamed 'San Josef') at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1797.
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Object Details
| ID: | PLT0338 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Tablespoon |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Eley, William |
| Date made: | 1796 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio; Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 30 mm x 220 mm x 45 mm |