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Ref: 4818
A rare large spoon with carved initials, bought by one of the knockers in a mountain village, when the shepherds took their goat and sheep up into the highlands in the summer they basically set up small factories to make cheese and process dairy products, and this over-sized spoon was probably used for this purpose.
Eastern Europe c. 1890
H: 64cm (25.2in)
W: 28cm (11.0in)
D: 25cm (9.8in)
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