A Thomas Hart Stone, Exeter 1867 Victorian, Silver Cream Ladle

Manufacturer - Thomas Hart Stone, High Street, Exeter

Date - 1867

Description - A high‑quality silver fiddle‑pattern sauce or cream ladle, crisply detailed and bearing an engraved monogram to the handle terminal—an excellent example of classic 19th‑century design.

Condition - This ladle is in clean, very good condition

Hallmark - This spoon has clear hallmarks with manufacturer's cypher for Thomas Hart Stone and an Exeter date cypher 1867

Dimensions - Maximum length - 14cms
Weight - 32gm

Date Context -
* Queen Victoria begins her 30th year as Monarch
* Fenian Rising in Ireland
* First publication of an article by Joseph Lister outlining the discovery of antiseptic surgery
* End of penal transportation, as the last convict ship, the Hougoumont, departs from Portsmouth on an 89-day passage to Western Australia. 62 Fenians are among the transportees
* The three 'Manchester Martyrs' are hanged in Salford for the murder of a policeman whilst attempting to rescue two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from imprisonment on 18 September
* Clerkenwell explosion at Clerkenwell Prison during a Fenian escape attempt; 12 local residents are killed