Fiddle Pattern Silver Runcible Spoon, 1846
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Runcible Spoon - Fiddle pattern - London 1846 by Samuel Haynes & Duncan Cater - 14.1cm long; 23g - RT/4157
This is a great example of an early Victorian silver runcible spoon in the fiddle pattern.
Runcible spoons were used for serving pickles and chutney and made famous by Edward Lear in his nonsense rhymes - 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").
The front terminal of this example is engraved with a script monogram and "Geo [George] Hotel". The spoon is in fine condition.
