SOLD Charming 19th Century Hallmarked, Hand-engraved Tea Caddy Spoon interlocking carving with many many more shakes

with many many more shakes and throws of the dice left in it

at the age of 19

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

was done by the same student

SOLD Charming 19th Century Hallmarked, Hand-engraved Tea Caddy Spoon interlocking carving with many many more shakesI 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