Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-21
SOME CURIOUS SPOONS.
Uses to Which They Were Put by Peo-
ole Few Centuries Ago.

Uses to Which They Were Put by Peo-
Pile Few Centuries Ago.
we are familiar nowadays with
spoons Of many shapes intended for
every variety Of purpose, but some old
fashioned styles are now merely c,iri-
osities. There Is the old fashioned
narrow spoon, for instance, which was
used for extracting marrow from
bones. It was made double, one end
being used for small bones and the
other for those of larger bore.
Another example Is the mulberry
spoon. This has a perforated bowl and
spiked and pointed handle, says the
London Globe. The imple were
made for use In day when mulber-s
ries were much more commonly eaten
than they are at the present time.
With the perforated bowl a little sugar
was sprinkled on the berry, which was
then conveyed to the mouth on the
spiked end Of the handle
The introduction of tea led to the
making Of a variety of new kinds of
spoons, Including the necessary tea
spoon itself, some Of which still re-
main In use, while others have dfsap-
peared. At South Kensington may be
seen. for example, a curious collection
OF the little scoops so well known
to our great-grandm others as caddy
spoons. Tea cadaies of the old fash
toned kind have long been superseded,
and when the caddy with its two lid
.ded and metal lined end comp rtments
and the sugar bowl in the cavity be-
tween went out of use the caddy spoon
| or scoop disappeared also,
Another obsolete curiosity is the.
snuff spoon, which in the days when
nearly every body took snuff and took
| it everywhere was used for conveying
the scented powder from the box to
the hand or In some cases direct to the
nose. Candle spoons and pap spoons
also are out Of date. A LlangoiIen
gentleman a few months ago wrote fin
| a Shropshire paper that he had In hts:
possession a silver pap spoon which
had been originally given by the Mar
| qufs OF Exeter to a member Of the
Hoggins family OF Bolas. The possess
sor of this spoon remarked that It had
been given to him by his father with
the. wish that 1T should be handed
over to the first married In each sue
ceedfng generation, for as such 1t had
come TO him through the intermarriage
OF the two families In years gone by.
Three hundred years ago there was
one at I1ford, in Essex. which held
more than a quart Others Of more
/ Legitimate make were such as the curl
GUS combination imp ement with which
| folk of that date were familiar. When
most people still dipped their fingers
into the general dish TO help them
selves to meat more dainty diners car
rfed about with them an implement
| which was a combination OF spoon
and fork and toothpick.
1 The fork was at the back Of the
spoon, while the handle of the double
article was finished Off with a little
| figure terminal, which served as han
Ole for, the toothpick. The terminal
| figure was a very farorite form Of
spoon ornamental ion ...s5
| 1t is most familiar In the apostle
spoons, Of which original sets fetch
such high prices and Of which latter
day limitations are SO abundant, but
the figures were by no means confined
to the apostles, In some cases the
spoons were curiously finished with
double heads. which can hardly have
conduced. one would think, to conven-
fence Of handling. A curious but de,
eidedly unpleasant form Of ornament
gave its name to the deaths head
spoon, which was made for commemo
ratfye purposes, very unattractive
kind of smemento mort Z Il