Add to albumThis is the front of a silver mustard spoon associated with the MacLeods of Geanies in Ross-shire. Dated 1817, the spoon is part of a service assembled by several generations of the family.
The spoon was made in Calcutta by Hamilton and Co, using a king's pattern design by Morton of Edinburgh.
Items in the service are thought to have been commissioned by Duncan MacLeod, a lieutenant-general in the Bengal Army, and his son Donald Friel MacLeod, a prominent administrator in the Indian Civil Service.
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- Online ID: 000-100-045-877-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.MEQ 1615.72
- Date: 1817
- Material: Silver. Inscription: MORTON; Edinburgh; 1817; A / H&Co. / Elephant (Hamilton & Co, Calcutta); Sun in splendour
Spoon, mustard
- Dimensions: 115 mm approx L
- What: Spoon, mustard
- Subject:
- Who: Hamilton and Co., Calcutta (Additional maker)
Morton, Edinburgh (Maker)
Sheriff Donald MacLeod (Owner)
- Where: Ross-shire, Geanies
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
- Event:
- Description: One of 3 mustard spoons from a King's pattern service associated with the family of Sheriff Donald MacLeod of Geanies, Ross-shire : by Morton, Edinburgh, 1817
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