Selection of flatware and cutlery owned by Conrad Martens and Jane Martens, ca. 1786-1841
Selection of flatware and cutlery owned by Conrad Martens and Jane Martens, ca. 1786-1841
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Date
ca. 1786-1841
Call Numbers
SAFE/DR 35 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 1, Shelf 23
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Physical Description
Contents
Objects - 18 cm. long - Fiddle, thread and shell design - 2 sauce ladles
Objects - 32.5 cm. long - Old English Thread design - 1 soup ladle
Objects - 23 cm. long - Old English Fiddle design - 6 tablespoons
Objects - 10 cm. long - Old English Fiddle design - 2 mustard spoons
Objects - 11 cm. long - Old English design - 1 jam spoon
Objects - 14 cm. long - Old English Fiddle design - 13 teaspoons
Objects - 17 cm. long - Old English Fiddle design - 6 dessertspoons
Objects - 17 cm. long - Old English design - 6 forks
Objects - 11 cm. long - 1 fish knife
Objects - 21 cm long - 1 stirring rod
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Fonds
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Scope and Contents
Contents
MARTENS FAMILY
1 soup ladle: Date 1799; Standard mark sterling .925; Crowned leopard head; Duty mark 1786-1821; Solomon Houghman maker
2 tablespoons: Date 1830; Standard mark sterling .925; City mark of London, uncrowned leopard head; Duty mark 1822-1833; no maker's mark
4 tablespoons: Date 1835; Standard mark sterling .925; City...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Selection of flatware and cutlery owned by Conrad Martens and Jane Martens, ca. 1786-1841
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Initials of 'WIC' are for William Carter, Martens' father-in-law, or combines initials of William Carter and his wife Jane (i.e. I).
Signature / Inscriptions
All items have Standard, City, Duty, Date and Maker's marks. 22 items have family crest of Conrad Martens, of a trefoil between two wings. 13 items have initials of 'WIC'. The stamp for wax seals is engraved with the Austrian Empire coat-of-arms and date of 1814.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
Conrad Martens, artist, was born at Crutched Friars near the Tower of London in 1801. He arrived in Sydney in 1835 where he remained until his death in 1878. In 1837 he married Jane Brackenbury Carter, their first child Rebecca was born in 1838 and their second daughter Elizabeth in 1839. A son, born in 1844, died in infancy. Jane Martens' father,...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/DR 35 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 1, Shelf 23
Record Identifier
YK5QdxRn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK5QdxRn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
457896
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