Silver Spoon?

[DavidBeard]

Hi Guys,
Just found 2 stubble fields that haven't been replanted yet.
Amongst other things (photos coming soon) I found this fancy bit of hammered silver work.
Looks to thin to be a spoon but you can see where it has snapped off. It is curved like a spoon - perhaps for tea leaves maybe. Nice design - Hammered not pressed.
Here are the pics - any ideas most welcome:









Thanks.

 

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[AU24K]

One half of ice tongs or salad bowl tongs?

Scott

 

[DavidBeard]

...One half of ice tongs or salad bowl tongs?...

The angle at where 'stem' has broke off to the 'bowled' part is almost at a right-angle - I don't think it would be useful as part of tongs - thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[mojjax]

Maybe it's a Sugar Shell spoon .

 

[DavidBeard]

Yep, Sugar Shell Spoon looks good - just can't find anything on the net that looks like (and is as thin as) this one. Thanks.

 

[IronSpike]

One half of ice tongs or salad bowl tongs?

Scott

Or maybe bread tong?

http://cookies.cookiesfromitaly.com...zel.cgi?action=serve&item=flatwarebarocco.htm

 

[DavidBeard]

...Or maybe bread tong?...

See how the stem joins the end on those tongs - almost a straight line.
Look how this is at an angle:



2 of these together just wouldn't pick anything up!

 

[IronSpike]

Maybe asparagus tongs?

http://www.replacements.com/webquote/TISOLY.htm

 

[DCMatt]

Maybe it's a Sugar Shell spoon .

Agree. Sugar shell.

DCMatt

 

[IronSpike]

Asparagus fork

http://www.roslynberlinsilver.org/servers-grapevine/

 

[DavidBeard]

Asparagus fork

Now they are nice! Would love to dig one of those up! They yours?
I think I'll go with a fine hammered-silver sugar shell spoon - The surrounding coins where mostly late 1700's to early 1800's so I'm guessing this may be of similar age - too pretty to put into the melting pot!

 

[IronSpike]

Asparagus fork

Now they are nice! Would love to dig one of those up! They yours?
I think I'll go with a fine hammered-silver sugar shell spoon - The surrounding coins where mostly late 1700's to early 1800's so I'm guessing this may be of similar age - too pretty to put into the melting pot!

No not my forks. Didn't even know there was such thing as asparagus forks. I still think yours could be one. The appear thinner than a spoon and also not completely cupped like one.

Cool find and silver always keepers

 

[Silver Searcher]

David....you said it was curved like a spoon, do you think it might be a punch ladle a bit like this one

SS

 

[DavidBeard]

David....you said it was curved like a spoon, do you think it might be a punch ladle a bit like this one

SS

Nice Idea but it wouldn't deliver much punch - This is only about 3cm wide by 4 cm long.