Tag: Spoons

Afternoon Tea Silverware
Silver
Gemma Tubbrit

Afternoon Tea Silverware

It’s no secret that the English have a tendency to, uhm, borrow a lot of its cultural icons from other countries, but thankfully afternoon tea

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Collecting Spoons
Silver
Louise Snowdon

Collecting Spoons

Starting your Silver Spoon Collection There are so many different designs of spoons that it’s hard to know where to start with your collection. If

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Coffee Bean Spoon History
Silver
Delilah Kealy-Roberts

Coffee Bean Spoon History

The coffee bean was discovered in pre-1000 A.D Ethiopia. Since then, the ritual of coffee drinking has become a part of everyday life; a tradition,

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the Trefid spoon
Silver
Louise Snowdon

The Trefid Spoon

What Is a Trefid (or Trifid) Spoon? In the 16th century, people typically had one spoon which was used at all mealtimes, being washed between uses. It

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Mote spoon hallmarks
Silver
Gemma Tubbrit

What Is a Mote Spoon?

The mote spoon’s short life began in the late 17th century, with the London Gazette describing these elegant and charming spoons as: ‘long or strainer

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