Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1974.011.041 |
Object Name |
Tablespoon |
Title |
King's Royal Hotel Spoon |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Date |
Early 20th-century |
Year Range from |
1902 |
Year Range to |
1914 |
Artist |
Toronto Silver Plate Company |
Made |
Toronto Silver Plate Co. |
Place of Origin |
Toronto, Ontario |
Description |
A tablespoon from the King's Royal Hotel. "Toronto Silverplate Co A1" and "King's Royal" on handle. Plated with a silver-toned metal. Brassy coloured metal is showing through. |
Makers mark |
"Toronto Silverplate Co A1" |
Provenance |
The item was manufactured by the Toronto Silverplate Company. The King's Royal Hotel opened on July 1, 1902, and was torn down in 1915. The hotel had closed in 1911 for two years, and efforts were made to revive the business but it was not financially successful. The item was owned by Charles W. Lowther who acquired a number of items that had formerly belonged to George D. McLauchlan, likely at a sale. George's brother, John H. McLauchlan, and Joseph Kent McLauchlan, had been the founders of the King's Royal Hotel business and McLauchlan Park. |
Collection |
Food Service Tools & Equipment |
Material |
Metal/Silver |
Dimensions |
L-20 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
McLauchlan, Joseph Kent McLauchlan, James McLauchlan, George D. Lowther, Charles W. Walsh, J. M. McLauchlan, John H. |
Subjects |
Hotels Spoons Tableware Table settings & decorations |
Search Terms |
King's Royal Hotel Balmy Beach Sarawak Township |
Function |
Flatware item used by hotel guests at a hotel dining room. The spoon was custom-made for the King's Royal Hotel that was located near Owen Sound, Ontario. |