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Message:: [QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 58598, member: 44"]This set of Apostle spoons is certainly different. A set usually consist of 12 spoons with 12 different figural finials. Each finial represents one of the 12 apostles that can be ID from what they are holding. <ul> <li> <ul> <li>St. Andrew, saltire or X shaped cross.</li> </ul><ul> <li>St. Bartholomew, butcher or flaying knife.</li> </ul><ul> <li>St. James the Greater, pilgrim's staff.</li> </ul><ul> <li>St. James the Lesser, fuller's bat or club.</li> </ul><ul> <li>St. John, chalice or cup.</li> </ul><ul> <li>St. Jude, carpenters square or cross.</li> </ul><ul> <li>St. Matthew, money bag or axe.</li> </ul><ul> <li>St. Peter, key or fish.</li> </ul><ul> <li>St. Philip, staff with a cross on the end.</li> </ul><ul> <li>St. Simon, saw.</li> </ul><ul> <li>St. Thomas, spear.</li> </ul></li> <li>Judas Iscariot is usually replaced by St. Paul (sword), St. Matthias (halberd) or St. Mark (lion). (submitted by - Patrick)</li> </ul>This figure is holding a book or a bag. These may be some other figural finial spoons like Moses holding the 10 commandments tablets??? Here is a page with early history on apostle spoons.<a href="http://spoonplanet.com/apostle.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://spoonplanet.com/apostle.html" rel="nofollow">http://spoonplanet.com/apostle.html</a> --- Susan[/QUOTE]