Old Little Spoon ?

[Lamy Lineman]

Found this little spoon on an old wagon trail. It has stamped circles and slanted lines on the stem back. It's about 2 1/4 inches long. Childs toy? Opium spoon? What say you? Thanks

 

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[ArfieBoy]

It could be an opium spoon. It is decorated fancy and many of them were like that. I found a little silver opium spoon when I remodeled my house. It was just plain silver. I gave it to an undercover deputy I knew for his "collection"

 

[Retired Sarge]

Measuring spoon maybe.......?

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Cleaned up?
No?
Then it is copper or brass or kryptonite
Decorated, then the child's spoon or ladies measuring spoon, perhaps?

 

[Tony in SC]

Probably a childs spoon. You don't need a spoon for opium.

 

[smallfoot]

Medicine spoon!

 

[A2coins]

Thats a cool find looks like some research will have to be done which can be fun on stuff like that.

 

[Lamy Lineman]

It's magnetic, so no precious metal. Thought about doing electrolysis, but kind of like it, as found.

 

[cudamark]

Salt spoon?

 

[ArfieBoy]

Okay, back in reply #2 I meant to say "cocaine spoon."

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

It's magnetic, so no precious metal. Thought about doing electrolysis, but kind of like it, as found.

Good choices...!
It looks hand-made,
and I wonder about having the patterning on only the underside of the spoon - so, when not in use, or drip-drying, the beauty is revealed, in a display...?!

Great Find!

 

[Gambrinus]

I'm with ffuries, I believe it may be a measuring spoon from a set. Do you have a measuring spoon set so you could compare the volume of your spoon?

 

[Lamy Lineman]

So I did compare the spoon with the smallest measuring spoon. I have consulted a spoon collector, but he had no idea, as He thought it was before anything He was accustomed to seeing... Has anyone considered a snuff spoon? Just a thought. I've seen where the spoons were attached to the snuff bottle.

 

[smallfoot]

Snuff spoons have tiny bowls. Your item is a medicine spoon, aka baby spoon, aka measuring spoon(these are usually marked with how much they hold) Yours is probably older than the ones I'm posting, but you can do a search and find more of these.

 

[unclemac]

classic hand forged child's spoon, not at all hard for even a novice smith to make.