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Pre 1781 - Bottom-marked with only 2 hallmarks (lion passant & Maker). Their date of manufacture can be estimated by their style and where possible from the working period of the silversmith. Early 18th Century teaspoons may only be marked with a maker's mark or sometimes none at all. A collection of the standard patterns is fairly simple to build, therefore rare patterns, rare hallmarks and early dates are the most sought after. This is the usual form to build a collection of a spoon from each year of the 18thCentury, with the date letters of London made spoons (early teaspoons tend to have no date letter). It is typically composed of a bowl-shaped cavity with a handle, and is used for eating, stirring, and serving food. First appearing in the late 18th century, stilton scoops are now highly sought after, both as a collectable and practical item. Early examples tended to have ivory or bone handles, towards the middle of the 19th Century they also appeared in the standard pattern form.

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Spoons, on the other hand, are typically much smaller in size and have a round bowl-shaped cavity that allows them to scoop up and move food or other materials more easily. Additionally, spoons are not as durable as shovels and can be easily bent or broken if not handled properly. Final ThoughtsSpoons can also be used to scoop and move soil, but are usually not as effective as a shovel for this task. Overall, while both shovels and spoons are used for digging and scooping, they are used for different purposes and in different environments. Very small in size is the diminutive snuff spoon. They are generally less than three inches in length with the bowl proportionately reduced in size. Confusion can be made with miniature or toy spoons. They were made from the early 18th century. Beware ofForgeries. The hallmarks on salt spoons from the 18th and early 19th centuries follow the pattern described under theteaspoonsection. The blades of shovels can also be made from different materials, such as steel, aluminum, or plastic.

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It is most commonly used for digging, turning soil, and scooping up dirt, gravel, or other materials. MOST COLLECTABLE:early examples, cast examples, attractive decoration, unusual form, Scottish & Irish Provincial, rare marks. MOST COLLECTABLE:Early examples (esp. Rococo style), Irish hook-ends, rare marks & unusual patterns. Sugar tong prior to 1790 are rarely marked with a date letter but can be given an approximate according to the following rules:-

They also require a bit more effort to use, as they require more wrist movement and gripping than a shovel. For one, both the shovel and the spoon are used for similar purposes. Both are designed to dig and scoop, although on different scales: a shovel is used for larger tasks such as digging trenches, while a spoon is used for smaller tasks such as scooping food. Furthermore, both tools have a flat blade with a sharp edge, although the size and shape of the blade differ. A shovel has a wide, flat blade that is usually curved slightly at the end to make digging easier, while a spoon has a round bowl-shaped cavity. A very common item, often found in association with teaspoons or canteens. They were used for pinching lumps from sugar loaves and pre-dated sugar nips with the highly desirable andiron type in the early 18thcentury. However, from circa 1715 sugar nips were fashionable and the tongs did not make their re-appearance until the 1770’s when cast tongs with pierced sections and attractive bright cut engraving became popular. Being so widely produced there are many examples of the standard patterns, especially Old English and Fiddle patterns, therefore the market tends to revolve around decorative examples or rare and unusual marks. Small examples were supplied with cased sets of teaspoons in the first half of the 20thcentury for serving sugar cubes. Mustard spoons are classed as small items, and were hallmarked in a different manner to larger items during the late 18th and early 19th Centuries - seeteaspoonsection below for an explanation of the methods employed.

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Spoons can also be used for scooping and moving snow, but are not as effective as a shovel for removing large amounts of snow.Condiment spoons have been produced since the late 17th Century and were multi-purpose in use. The earliest types were in the Trefid Pattern with oval bowls. Distinctive salt spoons were produced from the mid-18th Century and can be classified into two main types; ladles and shovels. Ladles are distinguished by their deep round or oval bowls (see above photo), whereas shovels have flat oblong bowls with sides either wholly or partly along two edges. The earliest form was the shovel, which was produced throughout the 18thCentury. Salt ladles were first made during the rococo period, were cast, and either highly decorative or in the whiplash form popular during the 1750’s. Throughout the 19thCentury they generally have a similar evolution to the mustard spoon, conforming to canteens and becoming smaller in the 20thCentury. Four top-marked stamps; lion passant, maker, date letter and duty mark (i.e. still no leopards head crowned).