The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-25

The collection of Mrs. Oracle King, the
president of the Colonial Danes, who claim
descent from the high officials under the
crown previous to the revolution, is proba-
bly, the finest in New York so far as con-
Germs spoons of the last century Mrs.
King IS descended from Lady Kittie Duer,
whose father was Lord Sterling, and to her
has come plate that figured at the stateliest
banquetS of the days of Washington. The
teaspoons are less beautiful than many that
went before them, less elaborate than
modern patterns. They tend to fat-cheeked
bowls with length of point, and fiat handles
with expanded heads and narrow stems,
often plain and dignified only by the hall
mark OF the crowned leopard that proclaims
them made in London.
Mrs. Edward Burnett, the only daughter
OF James Russell Lowell, is possessed of
many highly interesting old spoons. One
which no long time since was passed to a
visitor in cup of bouillon has bowl fash
Toned like scallop shell and attached to a
strong spiral handle which ends in a solid
knob somewhat in the form of a crown. 1t
IS OF silver and was picked up in Heidel-
berg. No one knows its history, but it is
supposed to belong to the sixteenth CEN
fury.
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie has several
spoons, both English and continental, of
considerable antiquity. One OF these is
carved In bone and ivory and has pear
shaped bowl, with an acorn affixed to the
point OF the handle. Two others in silver
do not differ greatly in form, but are sur
mounted, the one by the device of the pome-
granate, the other by the head and shout
ders OF q maiden. All these are attributed
TO the period before the English restoration,
perhaps to the time of Charles L. They
differ from the modern type in every par
tlcular, and their ornamented character is
quite IN harmony with the decorative and
artistic fashions of their time.
Mrs. Mona Card has an ancient spoon in
which she takes almost as much pride as in
her marriage theories. 1t would be hard
to lind its like outside a museum. 1t has
round silver bowl and a ''cochlear" handle.
so called because the long point was used
to- draw snails and mussels out of their
shells. Mr. Card, who has some antigua
rian lore, calls it Roman, and Mrs Card
uses it on occasions for an egg spoon.
1t would be hard to find grief for which
woman could not be corsoled with
spoon. There was girl who went to Rome
to study art. The galleries and the studios
took the conceit out of her, and she landed
on the Cunard dock the other day sadder
and a wiser woman. stNever mind" said
she to the sister artist who condoled with
her, 1--WE brought home the most lovely
old Italian ice spoons" Antique Italian
silver is in high favor, and it seems to come
at prices that cover little more than the
weight of the metal. Next it the most fas
cinating forms are quaint German designs,
some with heavy handles and delicate open
work bowls, others with bowls resembling
leaves. and still others decked with clusters
of grapes and heads of uncouth animals.
All the bric-a- brac shops in the the tourists
resorts are well picked over, but there are
still towns in North Holland where the
peasants have been rich for generations
and where one could unearth rich finds.
Mrs. Alexandra Bull-Ingier granddaugh-
ter of Ole Bull of Christiania, who is spend
ing the winter in New York, has some fine
bits which do not indicate by any means
that the Norwegian fields are exhausted