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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 374104, member: 111&quot;]Some wooden spoons:</p><p><br /></p><p>The humongous spoon is almost certainly Norwegian, believe it has some decent age to it, perhaps late to early 19th century, maybe a betrothal/wedding spoon, or a display piece by the carver, or perhaps just a novelty - have seen others of similar size, but not really sure of their purpose.&nbsp; Regardless, it is well-carved, with a bit less attention to the interior of the bowl and that side of the handle, it&#039;s intended to hang with the back of the spoon displayed, nicely done flowers, an acanthus motif on the sides, and several little dangles - interestingly, the lone flower carved on the back (front on a normal spoon) shows the back of a flower, with stem and sepal.&nbsp; It measures almost 20&#039; long including the dangles, the bowl a whopping 8½&quot; x 5¾&quot;.&nbsp; The smaller piece (11½&quot; long) is a beautifully carved spoon, most likely a mid 19th century betrothal spoon - might also be Norwegian, but I suspect Swedish...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]128777[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]128778[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>These are Norwegian and almost certainly &#039;Totenskjeer&#039;, birch spoons from the Toten region of Norway - there was a large cottage industry in spoon carving there from the mid 19th to the early 20th century, with the spoons sold throughout Scandinavia.&nbsp; The two smaller spoons, at 7&quot; and 7¼&quot;, were used for eating and are fairly common, the decoration (floral on one, and a bird on the other) was also typical, though not all were decorated - the technique used is &#039;kolrosing&#039;, with the tip of a knife used to incise the design, a dark powder like coal dust or ground bark was rubbed into the lines, the spoons then treated with oil.&nbsp; The large 15½&quot; spoon was most likely made as a special gift, it has a detailed portrait of a lady in the bowl and a checked handle, with a flower, the initials &#039;FH&#039; and the date &#039;1900&#039; on the back - it&#039;s an uncommon piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]128779[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]128780[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>These are more modern, three mid 20th century decorative Norwegian spoons, and one recent piece from Sweden - the first a 10½&quot; hand-painted souvenir of Storberget with trolls on front and back, dated 1944; the 12¾&quot; blue one is decorated with Telemark style rosemaling, the small 5&quot; spoon is by a Swedish carver, his kolrosing design darkened with cocoa powder; and the classic acanthus carved piece measures 10¼&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]128781[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]128782[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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