Colonial cellar for a couple of hours today

[johnnyblaze]

Some cool buttons for today.And a giant colonial spoon..Man you must have had to open your mouth alot for this thing
Did some pit digging for some cool pottery fragments today also..
Wow what a windy day today was but i had fun..

Blaze

 

[umrgolf]

cool design on the spoon, looks like an early one

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice colonial buttons and that spoon is really cool!

 

[Elad]

Mmmm candy!

Sweet finds! Love the spoon. Find the handle? 8)

 

[steelheadwill]

Great Spoon Find !
Those early pewters are huge, before the early 1800s, forks were not commonly used, spoons & knives were the norm, The spoons were necessary for for stews & hot liquids, you could eat everything else with your fingers.
Here's a quote I found in the 'History of Forks'
'The English ridiculed forks as being effeminate and unnecessary. "Why should a person need a fork when God had given him hands?" they asked.'
great digs, congrats