Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks (1903)
Howard, Montague · New York, Scribner · leaf 90
owl. There is muchspeculation as to the use of this spoon, but it was probablyused to remove floating tea leaves from a cup of tea and thepointed handle to clear the straight-pointed spout of the tea-pot (No. 23). In the South Kensington Museum there is a collection ofabout one hundred spoons of… … No. 23 63 64 OLD LONDON SILVER last wavy end spoon is of the year 1707; the firstrounded top spoon is of the year 1711; and the last rattail spoon is of the year 1730. From this time on, in placeof the rat tail, we often find a miniature reproduction ofthe design of the end of the handle (No. 24);…
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