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trefid2 Posts: 73 |
posted 01-31-2017 10:50 PM
  
I recently acquired a small Geo.IV fiddle pattern spoon, London 1822 by Thomas Wilkes Barker. It's 4" in length and has a typical teaspoon sized bowl. There's no evidence to suggest it's been resized from a larger spoon. I recall agphile doing a fantastic thread on "specialized spoons" last year in which he showed medicine spoons. I'm curious as to whether opinion would classify this as a medicine spoon, caddy spoon or for an entirely different purpose? Sorry about the poor quality pictures, photography isn't my thing.    IP: Logged |
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agphile Posts: 798 |
posted 02-01-2017 04:04 AM
That's a nice, interesting spoon. I'd go for medicine. However, I don't know of documentary or pictorial evidence to confirm exactly how these rare and early small spoons were intended to be used. Perhaps it is safest to call them measuring spoons, allowing for a variety of possible applications. IP: Logged |
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asheland Posts: 935 |
posted 02-01-2017 09:55 AM
I agree with agphile, likely medicine. I first thought they needed a bowl on both sides, but I believe that's a Victorian era thing. Great example! IP: Logged |
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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 02-01-2017 10:16 AM
It may be telling if the spoon holds a recognized serving amount of liquid for medicine. In the US today one teaspoon is 5 ml, but what they did in 1822 may be different. And your pictures are great. IP: Logged |
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Kimo Posts: 1627 |
posted 02-01-2017 10:39 PM
I do not know, but it seems that it could be just about any kind of measuring spoon but tea seems more likely than medicine to me since a tea caddy would need a short spoon to fit into it while a medicine spoon could just as easily be any length but perhaps a long handle would make the most sense for medicine because that would allow a doctor or nurse or caregiver to more easily give the medicine to a person lying in bed. IP: Logged |
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trefid2 Posts: 73 |
posted 02-01-2017 11:16 PM
Some good thoughts for caddy or medicine. I suppose either way it's a measuring spoon. I don't recall having seen a caddy spoon with this shape of bowl, but that certainly doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Either way, it's going in the novelty cabinet. IP: Logged |
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