Silver Runcible Spoon, 1858 Engraved Fiddle Pattern

A fine example of a beautiful mid-Victorian fiddle pattern silver runcible spoon (aka pickle or chutney spoon or spork) with lovely all-over engraved decoration. This antique spoon is in excellent condition and benefits from having no personalised engravings.

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")