Modernist silver whatsit?

This piece is interesting and cool but what is it? I am pretty sure it is silver but have yet to find a mark anywhere. I wrote an email inquiry to Marbeth Schon sometime ago but never got a reply. Anyone have any ideas on who else might know what it is? It is about 6" long. Thank you.

 

THAT has me kerflummoxed!

Best guess -- christening spoon for a Valkyrie!

 

To me, it looks like stainless steel made by an artisan. A spoon, with no special purpose other than to look cool. The little rippled thing on the back would allow you to set the spoon on a bowl or cup without it slipping away.

 

Is it very heavy?
Does the clip on the back lift a little?

Too big for a hair clip.
Would it hold the page of your cookbook open?

 

Recipe for stewed Wolverine, perhaps?

 

It has good weight, I don't think it would hold a page up and it would not work as a hairclip. If jewelry I think a scarf ring type thing.... I just don't know.

 

that would tear a nice scarf to shreds.....

 

But would it tear a chef's neckerchief . . . especially if the chef was a female engaged in cooking on a television show or perhaps in a "special" setting for other females to watch her cook?

Just a wild-eyed thought . . . but "old" traditions do sometimes fall by the wayside.

 

No...but it would slip off the neckerchief into the stew.....creating quite a ' stir' !!!

 

Looks like a fancy caddy spoon to me.

 

I can see that you're not likin' my answer. But, every 1st weekend of December we have a big crafts/artisan's show here in town. Artisans who make everything from glass, pottery, leather, wood items, clothing, jewelry etc. etc. come from all over to sell their wares. This is the type of thing that I would see for sale there and could swear that I have. To me it looks like a laser cut stainless steel spoon, possibly offered with a funky pottery bowl. I searched the web trying to find an example but couldn't. So maybe it's a figment of my imagination. Are you thinking about having it tested for silver? That might help to answer some questions. Good luck in figuring it out!

 

It's a Klingon eating implement. If you get attacked during the soup course, you can convert it to a mini-batlef.