Pearl & Silver Spoon

I think I do this backwards lol! This is just a curiosity Question , is this just used for decoration? People surely didn't eat off of something like this did they?

 

Hi,
Yes they did. I have one made from a conch shell that was used for soup just about the size of yours. I have a smaller one that was made for caviar since a metal spoon would have destroyed the flavor of the caviar. Your looks like an abalone spoon "bowl" and a MOP handle.
greg

 

Yup, caviar spoon. I've jsut bought a box of them.

 

The shell looks like New Zealand Paua

 

I was thinking the same thing; paua is a very blue shell, bluer than other shells called abalone. The commercial aquaculture industry in New Zealand, and popularization of the shell, started in the 1980s, and this looks to be very likely older than the 80s. I imagine there was some use of paua before that, but it was not particularly common.

 

First of all thank you Greg & others ☺️ I am Still new to where , who , how all the threads work LOL! The spoon is stunning to say the least !! Is it of value or just pretty ? I am in the process of buying a new home & it’s going to look like a bunch of miss matched mumbo jumbo hee hee! I want to flip some of my wonderful finds yet they are so pretty I have a hard time parting with them !