Apostle spoon

American  

noun

1. a spoon having at the end of the handle the figure of one of the 12 apostles, formerly given as a christening present.

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apostle spoon British  

noun

1. a silver spoon with a figure of one of the Apostles on the handle

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Etymology

Origin of Apostle spoon

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

The other—her ladyship—was eating jam out of an Apostle spoon.

From Project Gutenberg

A single Apostle spoon, bearing upon its handle a figure of Saint Nicholas, and upon its stem the inscription, "Saint Nicholas, pray for us," sold in London for three thousand four hundred and fifty dollars, a few years ago.

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The oldest hallmarked Apostle spoon is dated 1493, while the most modern of which we have any record bears the date of 1665.

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Sophy, handle this prayerfully: it's an apostle spoon.

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There were olives, radishes, celery and salted nuts in glass dishes; and about ten kinds of sugar-plums in ten different styles of ornate and bumpy silver dishes; and wherever a small space of tablecloth showed through, it was filled with either a big "Apostle" spoon or little Dutch ones criss-crossed.

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