SOLD Charming 19th Century Hallmarked, Hand-engraved Tea Caddy Spoon interlocking carving Useful in all sorts of

Useful in all sorts of ways

Box (pictured in later photos) measures 14 5/8" x 8 1/2" x 3 1/2" t

and that these are made

and this is a beauty—as simple and honest as can be

at the age of 19

SOLD Charming 19th Century Hallmarked, Hand-engraved Tea Caddy Spoon interlocking carving Useful in all sorts ofI didn't know I was looking for a tea caddy spoon, used for scooping loose leaf tea from a tea caddy into a teapot, but I came across this and fell in love with it, for the form and especially for the very folky engraving on the bowl, done I believe with hammer and graver (like a fine chisel) and which always makes me think of trench art. And that engraving happens to be very closely aligned with the engraving on a charming tole snuff box shoe also