This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...to the present time--the bowl became more pointed, or egg-shaped; the end of the handle was turned down, instead of up; whilst the tongue, which extended down the back of the bowl, and is so well known by the name of " the rat's tail," was shortened into a drop. This is the well known plain spoon of common use from ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...to the present time--the bowl became more pointed, or egg-shaped; the end of the handle was turned down, instead of up; whilst the tongue, which extended down the back of the bowl, and is so well known by the name of " the rat's tail," was shortened into a drop. This is the well known plain spoon of common use from 1760 or 1765 till 1800, and is called by the trade the " old English" pattern. The fiddle-headed pattern, in which a sharp angular shoulder was introduced on either side of the stem, just above the bowl, and also near the end of the handle, came into vogue in the early part of the present century, and still seems popular. Monkey spoons, "used for liquor, and so called from the figure of a monkey carved on the handle," were much used in colonial days. They had a circular and very shallow bowl. In an account of the funeral of Philip Livingston, 1749, we read: "As usual there was the spiced wine, and each of the eight bearers was given a pair of gloves, a monkey spoon, and a mourning ring." This custom probably originated in Holland. Tea-spoons follow the fashion of larger spoons, but are not often found before the middle years of the xvm. century, although small spoons were known in Europe long before tea, or were used in eating honey, sugar, and fruits preserved in sugar; sweetmeats were favorite dainties in former days. Harper's Mag., March, 1881. An extended account of this domestic implement, in all its forms, would require volumes. For further information we would refer the reader to "The Transactions of the Society of Literary and Scientific Chiffoniers" for a history of "The Spoon: Primitive, Egyptian, Roman, Mediaeval and Modern," by Habbakuk 0. Westman. MAZEEg. If spoons are as ol...
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