The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-11
SOME CURIOUS SPOONS.
Uses to which They We're Put by People q
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 curiosities. There is the old
fashioned marrow spoon, for instance,
which was used for extracting marrow from
bones. 1t was mad 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 a spiked and
pointed handle. says the London Globe.
The Implements were made for Use in a day
when mulberries were much more COM
monty 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 varietyo 4 new kinds Of spoons, includ-
ing the necessary teaspoon itself, some Of
which still remain in use. while others have
disappeared. At South Kensington may
be seen, for example, a curious collection of
the little scoops so well known TO our great
grandmother as -caddy spoons" Tea
oaddies of the old fashioned kind have long
been superseded, and when the caddy with
it's two ndded and metal lined end compart-
ments and tho sugar bowl In the cavity
between went out Of use the Daddy spoon
or scoop disappeared also.
Another obsolete curiosity Is the snuff
spoon, which, in the days when nearly
everybody took snuff. and took it every
where, 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spoons and pap spoons also are out of date.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. a few months ago,
wrote In a Shropshire paper hat he had in
his possession a silver pap spoon which had
been originally given by the Marquis OF
of Bolas The possessor Of this spoon re-
marked that il had been given 20 him by
his father. with the wish that IL should be
handed over to the first married In each sue
oeeding generation, for as such il had com
to him through the intermarriage Of the two
families in veal s gone by.
Three hundred years ago there was one
at Ilford, in Essex. which held more than a
quart. Others OF more legitimate make
were such as the curious combination i'm
plement " it'll which folk Of that data were
familiar. When most people still dipped
their fingers into the general dish 20 help
themselves To meat. more dainty diners
carried about with them an implement
which was a combination Of spoon and fork
and toothpick.
The fork was at the baok Of the spoon.
while the handle of the double article was
finished OF with n little figure terminal,
which served as handle for the toothpick.
The ermina figure was a very favorite
form of spoon ~ornamentation.
IL is most familiar in the Apostle spoons.
of which original sets fetch sue high prices
and of which latteriay 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 Gan hardly have con-
duced. one would think. 20 convenience Of
handling. A curious but decidedly I'M
pleasant form Of ornament gave it's name
to the deaths head" spoon, which was
made for commemorative PURPOSES very
tnattractive kind OF "memento mort"