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Spoon

< 1272 of 1423 > Back

made in Edinburgh

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This silver tablespoon was made in Edinburgh in 1700 by Alexander Kinkaid. It would have been used as a spoon and also as a scoop to remove marrow from a meat bone.

The spoon has a pointed oval bowl and a plain stem which ends in a hollowed-out channel for scooping out the marrow.

With the development of increasingly sophisticated eating habits, especially from the 18th century, more and more items were required for the dinner table - from marrow scoops to fish slices. These were made in an increasingly diverse range of patterns.

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