Owl & The Pussy Cat Silver Runcible Spoon, 1881
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Runcible Spoon - Fiddle Pattern - London 1881 by George Adams - 14.8cm long; 28g - WN/6295b
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 important specialist spoonmaker George Adams of Chawner & Company. It remains in excellent condition with an expertly engraved complex cipher to the front terminal 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")
