As the premier eating utensil, the spoon holds an important place in history. The first spoon may have been a gourd or even a stone, but as civilization progressed, spoons began to be made of clay, shells, ivory, metal, or wood. In ancient Greece and Rome, they were made of bone, ivory, bronze, silver, or gold.
Spoons in different sizes and shapes appeared in the mid-17th to 18th centuries. A teaspoon was made to fit a teacup. A dessertspoon had to be larger to allow a more generous bite of pudding or pie. In the 19th century, machine-made spoons were created in all sizes and shapes and for all purposes, from ice cream to coffee. Nowadays, we never lack for a type of spoon to use and, in fact, often…
