T)ASE metal spoons in past ages must have been used in considerable numbers. Every household in the country possessed some, yet it is doubtful whether any have been preserved amongst the services or garnishes of
pewter plate that are known. They seem to have been looked upon as worthless trifles, used by the domestics of the household until worn out, and then thrown away or more probably sold to the pewterers as old metal to be melted down.
