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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 96865, member: 111"]No finish at all, just silky smooth wood - really a pleasure to handle, almost voluptuous with the curves...</p><p><br /></p><p>More utilitarian spoons were also made, but one like this would have been made by a suitor to show his skills - in the Scandinavian countries, Sweden in particular, the gift and acceptance of a spoon and a ring was often considered a binding betrothal (though the spoon was often silver - preferred, I suspect). Norwegians also had a traditional wedding spoon which was two spoons joined by a chain, all carved from one piece of wood. 'Love spoons' were also common to other European countries, but the intricately carved Welsh love-spoons are probably best known... </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=welsh+lovespoon&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjktpOwqbbJAhWEVh4KHVosCGgQ_AUICCgC&biw=1525&bih=705&dpr=0.9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=welsh+lovespoon&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjktpOwqbbJAhWEVh4KHVosCGgQ_AUICCgC&biw=1525&bih=705&dpr=0.9" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=welsh+lovespoon&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjktpOwqbbJAhWEVh4KHVosCGgQ_AUICCgC&biw=1525&bih=705&dpr=0.9</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=scandinavian+lovespoon&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ-ruJrLbJAhWEpx4KHVhFAvgQ_AUICCgC&biw=1525&bih=705&dpr=0.9#tbm=isch&q=norwegian+wedding+spoon&imgrc=_" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=scandinavian+lovespoon&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ-ruJrLbJAhWEpx4KHVhFAvgQ_AUICCgC&biw=1525&bih=705&dpr=0.9#tbm=isch&q=norwegian+wedding+spoon&imgrc=_" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=scandinavian+lovespoon&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ-ruJrLbJAhWEpx4KHVhFAvgQ_AUICCgC&biw=1525&bih=705&dpr=0.9#tbm=isch&q=norwegian+wedding+spoon&imgrc=_</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 96865, member: 111"]No finish at all, just silky smooth wood - really a pleasure to handle, almost voluptuous with the curves... More utilitarian spoons were also made, but one like this would have been made by a suitor to show his skills - in the Scandinavian countries, Sweden in particular, the gift and acceptance of a spoon and a ring was often considered a binding betrothal (though the spoon was often silver - preferred, I suspect). Norwegians also had a traditional wedding spoon which was two spoons joined by a chain, all carved from one piece of wood. 'Love spoons' were also common to other European countries, but the intricately carved Welsh love-spoons are probably best known... [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=welsh+lovespoon&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjktpOwqbbJAhWEVh4KHVosCGgQ_AUICCgC&biw=1525&bih=705&dpr=0.9[/URL] [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=scandinavian+lovespoon&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ-ruJrLbJAhWEpx4KHVhFAvgQ_AUICCgC&biw=1525&bih=705&dpr=0.9#tbm=isch&q=norwegian+wedding+spoon&imgrc=_[/URL] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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