The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-01
SOME CURIOUS SPOONS.
Usss 10 Which They Were Put BY Pso'
ole q Few Centuries Age.

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We are familiar nowadays with
spoons OF many shapes intended for
every variety OF purpose, but some old
fashioned styles are now merely curl
osities. There Is the old fashioned
narrow spoon. for instance. which was
used for extracting marrow from
being used for small bones and the
other for those of larger bore.
Another example Is the mulberry
spoon. This has perforated bowl and
spiked and pointed handle. says the
London Globe. The implements were
made for use In day when mulber-
rles were much more commonly eaten
than they are Mt the present time.
with the perforated bowl n little sugar
was sprinklcd on the berry, which was
then conveyed to the mouth on the
spiked cnd Of the handle.
The introduction Of tea led 10 the
making Of n variety OF new kinds Of
spoons. including the necessary tea
spoon itself. some ~ which still re-
main In use, while others have disap-
pearcd. At South Kenslngton may be
seen, for example. a curious collection
OF the little scoops So well known
to our grcat.grandmothers as caddy
spoons. Tea caddies OF the old fash
Toned kind have long been superseded.
and when the caddy with Its two Id
ded and metal lined end compartments
and the sugar bowl in the cavity lie
tween went out OF use the caddy spoon
or scoop disappeared also.
Another obsolete curiosity Is the
snufr spoon, which In the days when
nearly everybody took snun and took
II 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also are out OF date.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 Llangollen
gentleman few months ago wrote In
n Shropshire paper that he had In his
possession silver pap spoon which
had been originally given by the Mar
| quis OF Exeter to n member OF the
Hoggins family OF Bolas. The posses
sor OF this spoon remarked that II had
been given to him by his father with
| the wish that It should be handed
| over to the first married In each sue
cccdIng generation. for ms such II had
come 10 him through the intermarriag ~
OF the two families In years gone by.
Three hundred years ago there was
one ut Ilford. In Essex. which held
more than quart. Others OF NOR,
legitimate make were such as the curl
ous combination implement with which
folk OF that date were familiar. Wher
most people still dipped their finger'
into the general dish to help them
selves 10 meat more dainty diners car
ricd about with them an implemen
which was combination OF spooi
and fork and toothpick.
The fork was Mt the back OF tn
spoon, while the handle OF the doubl
article was finished OF with littl
figure terminal. which served ms han
die for the toothpick. The termina
figure was very favorite form o
spoon ornamentation.
II is most familiar I'm the apostl
spoons, of which original sets fetc
such high prices and OF which latte
day limitations are so abundant, bu
! the figures were by no means confine
to the apostles. In some cases th
spoons We're curiously finished wit
double heads. which can hardly hav
conduccd. one would think. to conycr
fence OF handling. A curious but d'
cldedly unpleasant form of ornamer
gave It's name TO the deaths head
spoon. which was made for commem,
rative purposes. n very unattractiv
kind OF "memento mori."