The spoon; with upwards of one hundred illustrations, primitive, Egyptian, Roman, mediaeval, and modern (1845)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870, Westman, Habbakuk O, Society of Literary and Scientific Chiffoniers · London, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 150
rton : smaller than 2 or 3, it was probably a child’s spoon. It is the plainest of Egyptian spoons yet found. Fig. 5. — a small wooden spoon, formed like a spade — a shape so singular that it has been refused a place at the dining table. It is, however, a genu- ine spoon. The Romans used such, (See… … In the first two figures above we have another ele- gant variety of the spoon. They represent the back and front of a wooden one. The handle is round, straight, and short, and handsomely set off with a wreath, terminating with leaves at the junction with the bowl. The latter is long and pointed,…
Spoons
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