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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9860101, member: 111"]These date back to the 1890s, earliest reference I have is an 1892 description as new in England - they were typically called 'teaettes' or 'tea ball spoons', but 'tea maker spoon' and 'tea infuser spoon' were also used occasionally, most of the old ads I have date from the 1910s to '50s. Common in silverplate, they were also made with hollow sterling handles, and in solid silver, by numerous manufacturers (I have one in Finnish .813 silver). Suspect 'tea infuser spoon' is the most common term for them these days...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a 1925 ad for one similar to yours:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]494276[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9860101, member: 111"]These date back to the 1890s, earliest reference I have is an 1892 description as new in England - they were typically called 'teaettes' or 'tea ball spoons', but 'tea maker spoon' and 'tea infuser spoon' were also used occasionally, most of the old ads I have date from the 1910s to '50s. Common in silverplate, they were also made with hollow sterling handles, and in solid silver, by numerous manufacturers (I have one in Finnish .813 silver). Suspect 'tea infuser spoon' is the most common term for them these days... Here is a 1925 ad for one similar to yours: [ATTACH=full]494276[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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