LARGE Beautiful SPOON

Periodically a spoon that is not only unique but also extraordinarily beautiful is discovered. As you can tell from this museum, I have looked at hundreds of thousands of spoons. Most of the really beautiful and unique spoons which I have seen are not available for purchase as they are either owned by a serious collector or in a museum collection. I have been classifying this beautiful server as a funeral spoon. One special reader of this website has disagreed with my decision. She claims with some evidence that the boy pictured on this spoon was also pictured on other pieces of artwork. The boys image was basically that of a model and was used on high end tourist pieces. Consequently I do not know the purpose of this spoon, but I certainly do not think it was for serving food.




I have included a ruler and a normal tea sized spoon to help you visualize the size.



This gold plated spoon is made of 800 silver and has a hand painted porcelain handle.
In the middle of the very elaborate cast bowl is a hand painted piece of ivory depicting a young boy

I suspect that this spoon was made in Germany or Austria, but have not been able to trace the silversmith





Reverse of the spoon



enlarge detail photo of the bowl



enlarged picture of handle (front)

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