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Item: Runcible Spoon Description: King's pattern Hallmark: London 1832 by William Eaton Dimensions: 140mm long; 44g weight Comments: An excellent William IV period runcible spoon with an engraved crest to the front terminal and crisp decoration. 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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