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Hi: I purchased this spoon years ago, and wonder what it is. It is about 6 inches long, and heavy for its size. A leaden feel. The handle is flat, 1/4 deep, about 3/4 inch wide, with three figures. The top one looks like a religious figure, olden day priest with hands held in a staff position. The middle one is a more childlike figure holding what looks like a sword. The bottom person next to the spoon part is holding the other two up on a platform. Each on top of the other.

The back is rougher, but with letters if you are looking at it one way, and a design sort of Asian-ish writing the other. The letters look like either a G or a Y then either a L or a dash, then an A. When turned upright, it looks like a fanciful 4 on a line over a pi sign. Maybe just scribbles from the roughness. The spoon part is hammered by relatively smooth and about and inch and three quarters wide.

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/dg4okwcodxc4w4r/3CXYfudwg_

Any info anyone has about this would be much appreciated. Thank you.

vmh

Hi welcome to the forum.

Your fat porridge spoon could be made out of pewter or perhaps even lead. The front side looks chemically darkened or painted; to look like ‘old’ patina. I believe it to be a recent made copy and perhaps scratch-marked by the maker.


Oel.

Thank you so much for such specific information. I didn't even know there was such a thing as a porridge spoon. If it it has been darkened, I'm pretty sure it would be chemically, because the darker side is very secure. Not scratch-able at all.

And I'm glad to be here. A wealth of information.

vmh