A collection of condiment spoons including several examples by Hester Bateman, one with an ivory handle, two formed from carved mother-of-pearl; an 18th Century pipe pricker and tamper engraved with a monogram, unmarked; a pair of William IV miniature ember tongs, London 1833; a miniature marrow scoop with ear pick terminal, apparently unmarked, probably early 18th Century; a smaller ear pick, also unmarked; two Old English pattern caddy spoons with shell-fluted bowls, one bright-cut, the other engraved with a monogram; a set of nine Edwardian Hanoverian pattern teaspoons, the reverses of the bowls struck with baskets of flowers in the 18th Century taste, London 1907; a pair of wishbone sugar tongs; a cayenne pepper spoon; and a Continental parcel-gilt white-metal sifting spoon with caryatid and openwork scroll terminal, the pierced bowl decorated with a street musician and a cherubs' head.

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A collection of condiment spoons including several examples by Hester Bateman, one with an ivory handle, two formed from carved mother-of-pearl; an 18th Century pipe pricker and tamper engraved with a monogram, unmarked; a pair of William IV miniature ember tongs, London 1833; a miniature marrow scoop with ear pick terminal, apparently unmarked, probably early 18th Century; a smaller ear pick, also unmarked; two Old English pattern caddy spoons with shell-fluted bowls, one bright-cut, the other engraved with a monogram; a set of nine Edwardian Hanoverian pattern teaspoons, the reverses of the bowls struck with baskets of flowers in the 18th Century taste, London 1907; a pair of wishbone sugar tongs; a cayenne pepper spoon; and a Continental parcel-gilt white-metal sifting spoon with caryatid and openwork scroll terminal, the pierced bowl decorated with a street musician and a cherubs' head.
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