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What-is-it question CXXVI.
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:14 pm
by 2209patrick
What are these two spoons called ?
George Adams, London, 1849.
Robert Gordon, Colonial India, 1802-1822.
14.17 inches (36 cm.) long.
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:48 pm
by wev
gravy spoon
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:50 pm
by wev
or platter spoons -- I've heard both. I have a 10" one by the Bateman's around somewhere.
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:43 pm
by 2209patrick
Hello Wev.
Have not heard the term platter spoon before, but gravy spoon is close enough for me.
Also called a gravy divider and strainer spoon.
The divider in the bowl with vertical slits allows thick gravy to be scooped up in one half and strained into the other side.
Pat.
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