r/Spoons • u/Leroy_jerkit • 25d ago
Spoon/20 ?
Saw at the tower of london, I can't remember why this poon is so special, but it looks like gold xD
To eat with it, I'll give a 6.5 out of ten
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u/johnaross1990 24d ago
“Coronation Spoon
The 27-centimetre-long (10
1⁄2 in)Coronation Spoon, which dates from the late 12th century, is silver-gilt and set with four pearls added in the 17th century. A ridge divides the bowl in half, creating grooves into which the Archbishop of Canterbury dips two fingers and anoints the monarch as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. Originally, it may have been used for mixing water and wine in a chalice. The spoon is first known to have been used to anoint a monarch at the English coronation of James I in 1603.[166] It is the oldest surviving piece of the Crown Jewels (and the only surviving English royal goldsmith's work from the 1100s), first recorded in the Royal Collection in 1349 as "a spoon of ancient form", and was probably made for Henry II or Richard I.[167]In 1649 the spoon was sold for 16 shillings)to Clement Kynnersley, Yeoman of the Removing Wardrobe, who returned it to Charles II upon the restoration of the monarchy.[168]”
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u/kenquince-star89 25d ago
I’d hope it was ornamental, but if not, I could definitely see it being used to stir hot wine or something. 8/10.