Lovely 1796 Hand-carved Spoon with Handwritten Inlay Under Glass hand-carved owl I've become more and more

I've become more and more interested in the history of portraiture and the manners in which changing technologies broadened access to having portraits made of oneself

most of them modeled after a series of pugs by the Meissen factory's chief modeler Johann Joachim Kaendler in 1740-1741

12 7/8” x 10 3/4” overall

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Lovely 1796 Hand-carved Spoon with Handwritten Inlay Under Glass hand-carved owl I've become more and moreA wonderfully tender, special feeling thing, this spoon, from a time when spoons were still fairly precious things. This one Is Welch, I believe (Tregaron is an ancient market town in Ceredigion, Wales), with the name R. H. Jones followed by Lamb, I am not certain if part of his name or? and date of 1796 (I believe a 9) handwritten and inlaid, under glass, in the handle, surrounded by chip carved decoration. Quite likely a love token (love spoon), of