Figural Demitasse Spoon

This looks like Italian Figural Demitasse Spoon but not really sure as all the ones that I can find on google have flat bowl. It has 13 grams and it's bendable. No marks at all.

I would appreciate if anybody has more information about this spoon?

 

@DragonflyWink is our spoon afficionada.

 

What are the 2 little bumps under the lion and between the legs? Would you be able to get a picture of that part?

 

Haven't seen this cast spoon before, but if Italian, the finial would be the Venetian Lion of St. Mark (*edit* which this is clearly not). Other souvenir spoons have lions (Lucerne lion, Lion of Judah, etc.), but this is a simple realistic lion, apparently standing in the wild, and thought maybe an African souvenir (not necessariy produced there), perhaps Kenya or South Africa, but would also expect to see a location noted on the spoon. Perhaps from a set of wildlife or zoo spoons? You say it's "bendable" - pewter?

~Cheryl

 

All the lion St Mark things I saw in a

 

My wonky fingers seem to have hit the enter button too soon.

continuation - quick search had wings which this one does not?

 

It's not the winged Lion of St. Mark, and believe it's unlikly to be Italian - sorry if I was unclear in my other post.

~Cheryl

 

Close up pictures. By saying "bendable" I meant it would be easy to bend it in middle if you put just a little pressure. When I said Italian it's the closes similarity I could find, could be African. One more thing, it reacts to magnet, it doesn't stick but it moves.

 

Reacting to a magnet should mean it's a silver plate spoon, not solid silver.

 

The African souvenir spoons below, two with lions, two with naturalistic stems (which wouldn't be specific to any particular country), are from Rainwater's 'Spoons Around the World' (1976) - none have maker's or quality marks, nor is the material noted (they may or may not have been produced in Africa). The first from Nairobi, the second is marked 'Victoria Falls' on the back, with other animals also shown, the third from Pretoria, and the fourth from Johannesburg. Again, it's also possible that it's from a set with different animals, perhaps from the gift shop of a wildlife preserve, zoo, etc. (not necessarily African).





~Cheryl

 

lion balls.............. luff said !!

 

On the ground? I certainly hope not.