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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 03-27-2003 03:33 PM Originally posted by Arg(um)entum in the General Silver Forum in a post entitled: What is it? quote: Originally posted by dragonflywink in the General Silver Forum in a post entitled: What is it? quote: ..... The piece that Arg(um)entum shows is a monkey or Dutch cream spoon. Most that I've found, have Dutch hallmarks (at least one with pseudo-marks), though some have had British import marks, and at least one with an American jewelers mark (though the name eludes me at the moment). Virtually all that I've seen have been from the 1890s, though I understand that they originally date to the 1700s. ..... Originally posted by vathek in the General Silver Forum in a post entitled: What is it? quote: The spoon photos posted by Arg is a Dutch form usually called a monkey spoon. This is the first English example I've seen. Tradition has it that they were hung on the edge of a punch bowl at wedding ceremonies. I was going to suggest the original spoon in this posting was for pouring some sort of sauce or melted butter, but there is no pouring spout. Originally posted by in the General Silver Forum in a post entitled: What is it? quote: Originally posted by dragonflywink in the General Silver Forum in a post entitled: What is it? quote: A couple of years ago, there was an interesting series of letters from Dutch collectors in Silver Magazine's Information Please section. Basically said that they were unfamiliar with the term "monkey spoon" and that these pieces were used for spooning cream from a bowl. Apparently, they gained popularity in late Victorian England and the U.S., and the Dutch silversmiths were happy to provide plenty of them. Perhaps the maker of the one shown here decided to cut out the middleman and make his own. Most are not made particularly well made (I like them anyway!). I have three right now, can post photos if anyone is interested. Cheryl IP: Logged
doobees Posts: 277 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 05-12-2003 06:28 PM I have been in contact with an expert on the subject of Dutch silver. He has replied that he will speak on the subject of our "Dutch monkey spoon" and post info on our forum this weekend. Here was his reply to my question on the subject of the Dutch Monkey spoon: quote: "Please do send me questions about Dutch hallmarks. Where possibly I can also answer questions concerning Belgian, Scandinavian and most German ones aswell. I'm planning to answer the monkey-spoon question in the forum this weekend." Best Regards, Janjaap Luijt (Should be interesting! - Suzanne) IP: Logged
doobees Posts: 277 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 05-29-2003 08:06 AM So much for the "expert's" reply... i was looking forward to it! ------------------ Suzanne D IP: Logged

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