Wooden spoon, bowl is leaf-shaped, handle pyramidal, edges perforated and tapering to a spatula end. Hard wood. Inscription: for Taro pudding

One of two carved wooden spoons, with decorations in red paint.

One of two carved wooden spoons, with decorations in red paint.

Carved wooden spoon from a tomb at Thebes. Cosmetic spoon, carved handle in the form of stems of a papyrus plant (representing Lower Egypt) showing umbels and buds. Given to Alexander Thomson by Lady Aberdeen.

Tartar spoon, old hand-written label on back.

Spoon, engraved with figure of double-headed eagle and human face, in boxwood. Made in prison at Corfu, Macedonia.

Spoon, engraved with floral and geometrical designs, in beech wood. From the Pindus Mountains, Greece.

Spoon in wood, handle carved with design of animal (fish?). Made by monks on Mount Athos, Greece.