Fiddle Pattern Silver Runcible Spoon, 1854

This is an excellent example of a Victorian fiddle pattern silver runcible spoon made famous by Edward Lear in "The Owl & The Pussy Cat".

This silver runcible spoon (aka pickle or chutney spoon or spork) was made by the lady silversmith Elizabeth Eaton. It remains in excellent, polished condition with the bonus of no personalised engravings and clear London hallmarks to the reverse side.

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")