19th century Welsh beech spoon Sold
19th century beech “dolphin-type” spoon.
North Wales
7¾” long / 19.7cm long
£225 Sold
(wear to the handle)
Caernarfonshire seems to have evolved a wooden spoon of a definite type, and the feature characteristic of this type (even shown in the love-spoon of the county) is a strengthening and ridging of the stem until it is often dolphin-shaped….From the “Guide to the collection of Welsh Folk crafts & Industries” by Iorwerth Peate. National Museum of Wales 1935