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agphile Posts: 798 |
posted 06-22-2014 12:18 PM
  
After Scott has gone to the trouble of setting up a new, dedicated photo host, it seems a shame not to continue testing it.  These pictures show a group of rare sucket spoons-cum-forks, all with teaspoon sized bowls. Sucket was a term for candied fruit or vegetable. There are references to these combined spoons/forks in 16th century inventories but I have never seen a surviving example earlier than the last quarter of the 17th century. My pictures show the following spoons, reading from left to right. 1) By John King, London, 1683. It is unusual to find a fully marked example. Like teaspoons of the period, most lack a full set of marks. 2) By I˕H or H˕I (maker’s mark only, unidentified), c.1700. 3) By John Holland 1, London, c.1715 (maker’s mark and Leopard’s Head Erased only). Separate sweetmeat forks and spoons were also made and were becoming more common by the time of the last two spoons above. Combined spoons and forks much later than these examples are likely to have had other uses, e.g. for pickles or as part of picnic sets. IP: Logged |
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swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 |
posted 06-22-2014 12:36 PM
Very nice to see. Thanks for posting. IP: Logged |
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