Gambier spoon (1818)
I obtained a silver fiddle pattern spoon made in 1818 with Gambier heraldry, showing an 'eagle displayed'. Crazy to think that this spoon was made when Fitzjames was 5 years old. It's so cool to have this!
Somehow one of the forks that John Rae brought back from the Arctic in 1854 was attributed as having belonged to Fitzjames. It didn't have the Gambier eagle but rather a cockatrice which belongs to a different family. But being illegitimate Fitzjames did not get to use a family crest or heraldry anyway unless he created his own variation. One of the things I'm researching is how the fork misattribution came about. The fork is in the collection of the National Museum of Scotland, where it's on display:
[Pic by me from my visit in March 2024]
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bracelets made from silverware
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Gin x Cross real?!?!?!
i hope that proves to you how much i think you deserve to stay.
tehyre in my fucking brain. all tghe goddamn time
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Cohr, silver coffee set, 1950s. Denmark. Julia Heiss, Silberkontor
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Who invented the spoon?
According to the Bembridge scholars, the oldest known spoon dates back to 12,000 B.C. (Before Cookware) and was found beside the Woonsocket Chowder Bowl of the same era.
Records from that era are sparse because they were burned by colonists to hide that they disproved most monotheistic religions, but surviving chronicles suggest the spoon was carved from oak to better ingest clam chowder and possibly lobster bisque. The artifact has been analyzed by the Bembridge scholars, who have declared that the ancient spoon would have also been a religious idol in praise of the soup deity Gazpachatar, and have taken the item back to the British Museum for display.
This stands in contrast to the statement of Dan Attaquin, who explained to police that the item in question was literally just his own regular spoon, stolen by the Bembridge scholars from his house when they visited last August. Police have declined to investigate because they do not care.
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