Comments on: What Is This Teensy Serving Utensil?

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:51:01 +0000

I saw another post indicating the service was fashioned to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s coronation but this is not possible since the service was being sold on the retail market for more than twenty years before she became Queen. Once King Edward abdicated, the crown went to his brother who was Queen Elizabeth’s father.

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:49:03 +0000

another note, please. I saw another post stating it was for Queen Elizabeth’s coronation; however, the pattern was sold in the 1930′s which is many years before Elizabeth was Queen. I remain firmly with the conviction it was for King Edward’s coronation. Once he abdicated, the crown went to his brother who is Elizabeth’s father. Otherwise Elizabeth would never have become queen.

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:45:34 +0000

Hello….it’s a tomato server. The pattern name is Coronation. It was fashioned for celebrating King Edward’s coronation….but then he abdicated. I inherited the same silver service, and love it still!!!

By: Jean at The Delightful Repast

Jean at The Delightful Repast — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:56:47 +0000

Patti, this is an older post so you may have given the answer already. The only thing I can think this could possibly be, at 4 inches long, is a bon bon spoon. The other pieces people have named here–jelly server, tomato server, etc–are either much larger or the wrong shape.

By: Kathy Rappaport

Kathy Rappaport — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:41:09 +0000

Patti:

Melinda Lee was just talking about a source for unusual antique silver serving implements on her show about two weeks ago. She has a few on line places where you could find photos and answers.

By: Erika - In Erika's Kitchen

Erika - In Erika's Kitchen — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:40:40 +0000

I think it’s an olive spoon. I have a bunch like this. Patti, next time we get together, we have to have a silver party. Before she died my grandmother gave me a large bag of assorted silver pieces she’d collected over 50 years. I have little spoons, cocktail picks, tiny tongs, little tiny forks…it’s fabulous. But I hate polishing, so maybe you’ll inspire me.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:09:01 +0000

I believe it is a jellied cranberry sauce server – I see Cathi says that too – I have one a little larger – mine is just about 5 inches and not as pretty as your either…

By: danamccauley

danamccauley — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:44:16 +0000

Yup, Kimberly is right.

By: Jessica Bard

Jessica Bard — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:29:43 +0000

My vote’s for the Absinthe Spoon or the jelly lifter. My Absinthe spoon however, is pointy at the end so it can rest on the lip of the glass when you poor the booze over the sugar cube…. hmmm…
very interesting….

By: Rebecca Penovich

Rebecca Penovich — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:50:30 +0000

Just read the other guesses above. Looks like jelly spoon may have the most authoritative documentation. Come to think of it–ladies would probably have used tiny silver tongs for plucking sugar cubes to add to the tea cup.

By: Rebecca Penovich

Rebecca Penovich — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:45:45 +0000

I think it might be a sugar cube spoon–part of a tea service.

By: elise

elise — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:46:36 +0000

the other elise commenting was very confusing…i thought i was going crazy and didnt remember reading or commenting on your post! i think wendy’s got it right….its the newest addition to the jenny craig line. pretty soon it’ll be on oprah’s favorite things…

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:05:33 +0000

The spoon is a jelly server I believe. Love your your silver, have that pattern myself, got it from my mother and Grandmother. Its Community “Coronation” in honor of Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation.

By: Cathi

Cathi — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:28:09 +0000

Its a cranberry spoon….you used it with the jellied cranberry sauce so popular in the 50′s and 60′s….I have one almost like it. Got to admit. Yours is prettier.
Mine came with a glass dish that held the jellied cranberry sauce.

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:31:28 +0000

It’s obviously for straining fat off of separted eggs so that you can put them in your absinthe, along with olives and peas.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:37:43 +0000

It looks like it’s for straining something, but I can’t imagine what. It’s really beautiful, though, and I think Jan’s comment is the most creative one here!

By: Cindy Johnson

Cindy Johnson — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:17:37 +0000

I think it is a spoon/strainer for olives or peas.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:20:56 +0000

I was looking on line to see about the Absinthe idea….oh my goodness. In England, way back in olden times (before I was even a thought) one used to use a spoon as a sugar cube strainer for watering down Absinthe (an anise flavored spirit: distilled and highly alcoholic). Here is a comment regarding that tasty drink. “After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, which is the most horrible thing in the world.” I doubt the sugar ever helped. Soooo Patti, how was the party and what did you use the spoon for?

Patti comments: the party was terrific and the jury is still out on the little spoon. More comments, anyone?

By: Elise

Elise — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:10:37 +0000

Now that I’m looking at it again there’s no way it could be a tomato lifter, too small! (How did I miss the cherry next to it.) D’oh. I would think an egg separator would be more concave, this looks rather flat. Maybe a serving fork for tiny blinis on which to serve caviar?

By: Susan Diamond

Susan Diamond — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:09:21 +0000

I’m with Jane. I think it’s an egg separator. Far more elegant, but not as exciting as the one I saw recently in a New Hampshire gift shop. It was a giant moose face, with holes in the moose’s nostrils for the whites to drip from! Yum!

By: Jan Hocker

Jan Hocker — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:41:08 +0000

Maybe it’s a conversation piece. It sits next to all the other pieces of silver at a dinner party and if the guests are not well-acquainted, it’s “And what is this elegant little piece for?” and away we go…

By: briarcat

briarcat — Sun, 31 May 2009 13:56:14 +0000

My guess it’s for something small and elegant. Petit fours would be too big. Bonbons?

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 31 May 2009 07:04:00 +0000

I think it is an egg separator for really, really rich people. Really SMALL rich people.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sun, 31 May 2009 04:44:25 +0000

That is an Absinthe spoon.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:35:38 +0000

I think it is to take out a tea bag and get all of the flavor out of the bag and back in the cup … total guess, but that’s what I would use it for

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:40:59 +0000

I think it’s called a FAT-BE-GONE because by the time whatever is in it reaches your mouth, all the fattening parts are still on the plate and only the really nutritious stuff reaches the tummy. I can rationalize anything.

Seriously, I have no clue! I’ll be curious to find out.

By: Gloria Mathys

Gloria Mathys — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:54:29 +0000

Your slotted spoon is too elegant to use the way I use mine: Spooning out sliced cucumbers soaking in vinegar, baked beans, anything that needs to be separated from the liquid it’s in. But I think your lovely silver thing would turn black in horror if it were used that way. So what DO you use it for??

By: Elise

Elise — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:47:34 +0000

I think it might be a tomato slice lifter. I have seen these before on eBay, years ago when I was actively collecting sterling. Beautiful piece you have there.