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Item: Runcible Spoon Description: Fiddle pattern Hallmark: London 1843 by William Eaton Dimensions: 145mm long Comments: A fine example of an early Victorian runcible spoon with attractive engraved cipher to the front terminal. Ideal for chutneys and pickles. The runcible spoon appears in two works by Edward Lear: The Owl & The Pussy Cat ("They dined on mince and slices of quince, which they ate with a runcible spoon") and Twenty-Six Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures ("The Dolomphious Duck, who caught Spotted Frogs for her dinner with a Runcible Spoon").
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