Summary
Small EPNS teaspoon decorated with the flag of the Aberdeen & Commonwealth Shipping Line and the ship's name SS Jervis Bay. The spoon was a first prize won by Daisy Poole in a fancy dress competition, she was dressed appropriately as a daisy, on board the SS Jervis Bay during a voyage from Australia to Britain in May-June 1938. She also received a small trophy goblet.
Physical Description
Small EPNS souvenir spoon with red, white and blue enamel inset badge at the end of the handle.
Significance
Daisy Poole's souvenir spoon has dual significance as a personal record of the migration experience of one family and as a rare surviving relic of the SS Jervis Bay, the most famous of the five 'Bay' ships built for the Commonwealth Shipping Line.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Philip Maggs, Dec 2010
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Place & Date Awarded
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Inscriptions
'Mento, EPNS'
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Overall Dimensions
110 mm (Length), 10 mm (Depth)
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Keywords
English Immigration, Immigrant Shipping, Immigrant Voyages, Naval Vessels, Passenger Ships, Return Migration, Shipping Lines, Souvenirs, Spoons
