The spoon
A spoon history published in New York by Harper & Bros. in 1844, credited to Habakkuk O. Westman and the Society of Literary and Scientific Chiffoniers, and aimed at general readers curious about spoons. The first picture is a tidy engraved teacup and saucer with a spoon marked H.O.W. and the caption 'Vive la Bagatelle', while the second is a plate of primitive spoons, shells, and horns drawn in fine hatched line. A designer could draw on the crisp hatched shading and the contrast between the elegant tableware and the crude early utensils.
