Does anyone know what kind of spoon this is?

[Joyce Major]

 

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[roadrunner]

Id say ice cream.

 

[voodoo]

HA HA good one Roadrunner I actually laughed out loud.

 

[allen_idaho]

Looks like a spoon pipe for, um... "medicinal herbs", lets say.
If the handle is hollow, there you have it.

 

[jerseyjack]

Is it hollow ? Maybe a "bombilla" it's a straw thing with a strainer on the end for drinking mate.

 

[Joyce Major]

No it is not hollow. It is solid and weights about a pound or so. I have no ideal what it was used for. No numbers or anything on it. Thanks for the help.

 

[fmfdoc]

Looks like a d'Absinthe spoon, I once saw. Very ornate, and was used to hold the cube of sugar over the glass, as you trickled the liquor over it.
HOWEVER, I'm not an expert, in these matters......

 

[Joyce Major]

Thanks for the info..

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

I don't think it was used for anything, some type of display or collectible piece. Seems old though...

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[baspinall]

I'm with MUD. Looks like a tourist / collectable piece to me.

 

[ebeing]

Looks like an Opium spoon.
that dude in the motif looks like he's smoking something...

Also, one of the the pics of the underside shows a darken circular pattern in the center of the spoon - evidence of cooking the contents perhaps.
lastly, there are feet on the underside of the spoon so it doesnt roll over and spill the contents.

where did you find it?

 

[Edmundruffin]

You said it, bingo. American - Chinese product late 19 century or early 20 century. Odd yet neat.

Looks like an Opium spoon.
that dude in the motif looks like he's smoking something...

Also, one of the the pics of the underside shows a darken circular pattern in the center of the spoon - evidence of cooking the contents perhaps.
lastly, there are feet on the underside of the spoon so it doesnt roll over and spill the contents.

where did you find it?

 

[Joyce Major]

Flea Market It doesn't seem to have any burn marks on it.