SOLD Charming 19th Century Hallmarked, Hand-engraved Tea Caddy Spoon rebus paper roll Oil on cardboard and kind

Oil on cardboard and kind of shiny

I believe the carved frame is original to it

and what a marvelous photograph whatever the case

I am in love with it as a thing

9" x 6 1/4"

SOLD Charming 19th Century Hallmarked, Hand-engraved Tea Caddy Spoon rebus paper roll Oil on cardboard and kindI didn't know I was looking for a tea caddy spoon, used for scooping loose leaf tea from a tea caddy into a teapot, but I came across this and fell in love with it, for the form and especially for the very folky engraving on the bowl, done I believe with hammer and graver (like a fine chisel) and which always makes me think of trench art. And that engraving happens to be very closely aligned with the engraving on a charming tole snuff box shoe also