1957.6.2

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silver%20tablespoon%20from%20the%20steamer%20E.K.%20Collins

Details

ID Number

1957.6.2

Category

T&E For Materials

Sub-category

food service T&E

Item Name

tablespoon

Maker

W. Murdock

Materials

METAL, SILVER

Measurements

22.5cmx5cm

Description

silver, tablespoons; dull silver to black; four spoons and one spoon bowl; fire damaged, encrustations on surface

History

silver tableware salvaged from wreck of steamer E.K. Collins burning as she passed Amherstburg in 1854. Leighton to Macdonald

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Amherstburg (Ont.) place

Disasters / Désastres

Fires / Incendies

Ships / Navires

Transportation / Transport subject

Wards Line Steamers organization

Water / Eau subject

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