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A rare Charles II trefid silver child's spoon, plain oval bowl with flame back and rat's tail, the handle engraved with flowering tendril. London 1679 by Laurence Jones. Length 5.51 in.

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  • Marrow Spoon - A spoon with a long handle and a narrow scoop shaped bowl, used to scoop and eat marrow from the hollow centre of roasted bones. Some marrow scoops are double ended with a different shaped bowl at each end.
  • Engraving - The method of decorating or creating inscriptions on silver and other metal objects by marking the surface with a sharp instrument such as a diamond point or rotating cutting wheel.

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A rare Charles II trefid silver child's spoon, plain oval bowl…