Irish Runcible Spoon, c.1815 Richard Sawyer
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Runcible Spoon - Fiddle & Shell Pattern - Dublin circa 1815 by Richard Sawyer - 13.5cm long; 24g - EB/5105
Featuring in The Owl & The Pussy Cat by Edward Lear, this is an excellent example of a rare Irish silver runcible spoon (aka pickle or chutney spoon or spork).
Made by the top quality silversmith Richard Sawyer, this spoon is in the fiddle and shell pattern and remains in fabulous original condition with the benefit of having no personalised engravings. English silver runcible spoons are scarce, but Irish examples are very tricky to find!
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")
