Victorian Runcible Spoon, 1867
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Runcible Spoon - Fiddle Pattern - London 1867 by George Adams - 14.4cm long; 28g - KV/9690
Runcible spoons were originally intended for use with pickles and chutney and can also be known as "sporks". This fiddle pattern spoon is in lovely condition and bears a finely engraved crest to the front terminal.
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")
