What is a caddy spoon for?

It measures dry tea out of a caddy, so the handle is short and the bowl broad. Nothing about it suits eating. The form is the single commonest named type on Sellingantiques, appearing in roughly a fifth of titles, and the bowls take all sorts of shapes: shovel, leaf, jockey cap, vine leaf, filigree, frying-pan, some with mother-of-pearl handles.

Are these spoons sold singly or in sets?

Both. Single specialist spoons carry a large part of the category, and "pair" appears in titles more often than "six". Cased and boxed sets are a branch of their own, mainly sets of six coffee, tea or grapefruit spoons, many with guilloche enamel handles. Sets of six and twelve with their original cases recur through the upper half of the sampled range.

How old are silver spoons on Sellingantiques?

The dealer-entered dates run from 1700 to 1960, with Georgian and Victorian the two commonest period labels and Edwardian third. Twentieth-century decades are well represented, the 1930s most of all, so this is not a purely antique heading. At the other end, the samples include 17th-century seal-top, trefid and slip-top spoons, and one Elizabethan seal-top dated 1585.

Which assay offices turn up on these spoons?

London and Birmingham are the two named most often in titles. Provincial marks are a real seam rather than a curiosity. Exeter, Newcastle, Chester and York appear, along with Scottish provincial towns including Aberdeen, Inverness, Elgin and Dundee, and Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. Elgin and St Andrews are among the scarcest to surface.

Is all of it English sterling silver?

Sterling dominates, with "sterling" and "solid" between them accounting for a large share of titles against a small number saying plated or EPNS. Roughly one sampled piece in ten is not English. Scottish and Irish silver is well represented, and beyond Britain there is Norwegian 830S, Danish, Dutch, German, French, Russian cloisonné, American, Chinese export, Indian and New Zealand work.

What are the unusual types worth knowing about?

Condiment ware often arrives with its spoon still in it, so mustard pots, salts and cayenne pepper bottles sit inside the category. Then there are the one-offs that turn up once and not again: a moustache spoon, a folding spoon and fork, a runcible spoon-fork, a Maori jade-handled spoon, a laudanum spoon with a devil terminal, and a shoe-shaped spoon warmer. Christmas spoons dated year by year form a small run too.

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Small silver spoons made for one job at table, from measuring tea out of a caddy to serving berries, dusting sugar or lifting salt and mustard.

Victorian Sterling Silver Johnson Family Crested Caddy Spoon 1849 Antique

19th century

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Victorian Sterling Silver Johnson Family Crested Caddy Spoon 1849 Antique

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£125

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1900 - 1920

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Exquisite Cased Pair of Art Nouveau Silver Salts by Josiah Williams & Co, London 1908

From Julie Cartwright Antiques

£275

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1900 - 1920

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Antique Silver Arts & Crafts Caddy Spoon - Judy

From The Silver Cabinet

£480

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18th century

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Large Georgian Silver Basting Spoon

From Carse Antiques

£345

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18th century

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A Rare Peter & Jonathan Bateman Silver Tablespoon

From Jeff Sims Antiques

£225

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18th century

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A Large 18th Century Newcastle Silver Serving Spoon

From Jeff Sims Antiques

£195

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1920 - 1940

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Art Deco Sterling Silver & Enamel Coffee Spoons - 1935

From S & A Marsh

£145

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18th century

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A Superb Solid Sterling Silver Marrow Scoop. It Is Hallmarked for London 1763 with the Makers Marks Being Difficult to Read. It Has Been Superbly Made Being Engraved with a Crest Used by the Mills Family, Above This Is a Barons Coronet So It Once Belonged to a Baron. It Is in Superb Condition Being Free from Dings Splits Distortions and Repairs. It Measures Approx. 8.5 Inches (21cm) Long and Weighs 56 Grams. A Nice Quality Example.

From The Silver Squirrel

£225

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1940 - 1960

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Superb Agate Set of Six Sterling Silver Spoons 1966 Mid Century Modern 71g

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£150

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19th century

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Pair Victorian Sterling Silver Salts, Blue Glass Liners, Spoons London 1866 Beare Falcke

From Quality Antiques and Vintage

£195

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One-offs from the archive include a moustache spoon, a folding spoon and fork, a runcible spoon-fork, a Maori jade-handled spoon and a shoe-shaped spoon warmer.

1900 - 1920

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Pair of Antique Dutch Silver Spoons

From In A Nutshell Antiques and Interiors

£275

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1900 - 1920

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A Tiffany Colonial Pattern Silver Long Handled Condiment Ladle

From Jeff Sims Antiques

£100

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19th century

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Fine Antique Silver Spoon with Napoleon Crest

From Treasure Trove Worcester Ltd

£125

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19th century

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Pair of Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Salts & Spoons in Case 1888 - Hindu Deities

From Robert Bush Antiques

£425

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18th century

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Irish Silver Ladle

From Ballinderry Antiques

£650

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18th century

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Rare Pair of Georgian Irish Silver Celtic Point Dessert Spoons by John Pittar , Dublin 1804 & 1808

From Julie Cartwright Antiques

£225

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Antique Silver Spoons

Victorian Sterling Silver Johnson Family Crested Caddy Spoon 1849 Antique

Exquisite Cased Pair of Art Nouveau Silver Salts by Josiah Williams & Co, London 1908

Antique Silver Arts & Crafts Caddy Spoon - Judy

Large Georgian Silver Basting Spoon

A Rare Peter & Jonathan Bateman Silver Tablespoon

A Large 18th Century Newcastle Silver Serving Spoon

Art Deco Sterling Silver & Enamel Coffee Spoons - 1935

Superb Agate Set of Six Sterling Silver Spoons 1966 Mid Century Modern 71g

Pair Victorian Sterling Silver Salts, Blue Glass Liners, Spoons London 1866 Beare Falcke

Pair of Antique Dutch Silver Spoons

A Tiffany Colonial Pattern Silver Long Handled Condiment Ladle

Fine Antique Silver Spoon with Napoleon Crest

Pair of Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Salts & Spoons in Case 1888 - Hindu Deities

Irish Silver Ladle

Rare Pair of Georgian Irish Silver Celtic Point Dessert Spoons by John Pittar , Dublin 1804 & 1808

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