George IV Silver King's Pattern Runcible Serving Spoon
A rare George IV silver King's pattern 'runcible' serving spoon, the double-struck long handle crested, the tapered oval bowl with seven tapered prongs. Dublin 1802 by James Salter, also with retailer's mark for Edward Twycross. Note: the peacock's head erased crest issuing out of a ducal coronet being for Lieut. Col. John Carrington Smith of St Margarets, Cheltenham, length 11.42 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.
- George Iv - George IV (1762 – 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and king of Hanover from 1820, until his own death in 1830. From 1811 until his accession in 1820, he served as Prince Regent during his father's final mental illness.
In English furniture design, his reign from 1811 to 1830 is known as the Regency period.
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