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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 12808827, member: 76316"]The longest, 2nd on right, is ~5 1/2"; the short one on the left, marked France, is <i>perhaps</i> plastic but shows tool marks on the sides of the handle, an' the tip of the bowl is slightly irregular. It's ~4 1/16" long. The 2nd, 3rd an' 4th from the left (2 & 3 are a pair) all have shallow scoops on the backside ends of their handles (pic 3). All but the French one appear to be fine-grained bone rather than ivory.</p><p>Are they marrow spoons...or? My lady, born in Germany, uses MOP spoons about the same size for soft-boiled eggs, but I doubt these were made for that. What do y'all see? Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]556607[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]556608[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]556609[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]556610[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]556611[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]556612[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 12808827, member: 76316"]The longest, 2nd on right, is ~5 1/2"; the short one on the left, marked France, is [I]perhaps[/I] plastic but shows tool marks on the sides of the handle, an' the tip of the bowl is slightly irregular. It's ~4 1/16" long. The 2nd, 3rd an' 4th from the left (2 & 3 are a pair) all have shallow scoops on the backside ends of their handles (pic 3). All but the French one appear to be fine-grained bone rather than ivory. Are they marrow spoons...or? My lady, born in Germany, uses MOP spoons about the same size for soft-boiled eggs, but I doubt these were made for that. What do y'all see? Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]556607[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]556608[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]556609[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]556610[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]556611[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]556612[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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