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On display at V&A South Kensington
Silver, Room 67, The Whiteley Galleries

Spoon

1842-1843 (made)
Artist/Maker
Mortimer and Hunt (maker)
Place of origin
London (made)

The Hon. Victoria Alexandrina Jocelyn, the recepient of this christening set, was a god daughter of Queen Victoria. She gave similar christening sets to her other god children.


Object details

Categories
Ceremonial Objects
Christianity
Metalwork
Religion
Royalty
Object type
Spoon
Materials and techniques
Silver gilt
Silver
Gold
Casting
Chasing
Gilding
Brief description
Cutlery and flatware
Physical description
Spoon, part of a christening set, silver gilt decorated with cast rococo foliage and floral ornament and terminating in a circular cartouche inscribed with the initials VAJ, with cherubs holding up curtains to the left and right, the end of the handle terminating in a crown.. The underside of the bowl of the spoon, decorated with cherubs heads.
Dimensions
  • Length: 18.25cm
  • Width: 3.5cm
  • Depth: 2.5cm
  • Weight: 103.9g
Marks and inscriptions
  • London hallmarks for 1842-3 (Victoria Alexandrina's monogram: the royal cipher is engraved on the other side.)
  • Mark of John Mortimer and John Samuel Hunt
  • Inscribed with the initials: VAJ
Object history
The Hon. Victoria Alexandrina Jocelyn was a god daughter of Queen Victoria who gave similar christening sets to her other god children.
Historical context
The Hon. Victoria Alexandrina Jocelyn, although not recorded in ‘Burke’s Peerage’, is thought to have been the eldest child of Robert Jocelyn, styled Viscount Jocelyn, and his wife Frances Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the 5th Earl of Cowper whom he married on 27 April 1841. Lady Jocelyn was a Lady of the Bedchamber from 1841-1867 & chosen by Queen Victoria as one of her train bearers at her Coronation. She was a member of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert.
Subject depicted
Religion (Concept)
Association
Victoria (Queen of Great Britain and Empress of India)
Summary
The Hon. Victoria Alexandrina Jocelyn, the recepient of this christening set, was a god daughter of Queen Victoria. She gave similar christening sets to her other god children.
Associated objects
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.14B-1965

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Record createdMarch 11, 2004
Record URL
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