Antique Coconut Wood Rice Spoons

Solid teak wood container. Originally used for pounding rice. Great by a fire with logs stacked or by a pool with white towels or for magazines. Multiple ideas that this wonderful ob...

This antique teak wood bowl was originally used to pound rice. We added the shell inlay. This bowl was sourced in the spirit of wabi-sabi, a Japanese philosophy that beauty can be f...

A unique wooden ladle with a half coconut shell attached, originally used for serving soup. We added the shell inlay to the long wooden handles. Perfect p...

Beautiful aged teak wood container originally used to store rice. We have added the shell inlay by hand to the top section. A multiple of uses such as storing towels, magazines, firewood etc etc This antique container...

This intriguing sterling silver cup features the shell of a coconut mounted into exquisite silver. A sublime example of elegant Georgian design, the cup features delicate scalloped edging as its singular motif. It is extraordinary to find such a beautiful example of this lost art, exhibiting a rare combination of classical beauty and exotic charm. The use of rare and exotic materials such as the coconut became popular across Europe during the Middle Ages, when it was believed that these unique materials from distant lands possessed mystical powers. It was held that they could detect, and even deter, the effects of poison and as such were employed as drinking vessels, often mounted with ornate embellishments of silver. As more trade routes opened up during the 16th century, materials such as the coconut became more widely available, though still only afforded to the wealthy minority in Europe and England. And, while they eventually lost their appeal for their magical powers, coconuts proved an ideal material for cups and pots and retained their popularity as such. Very similar silver-mounted coconut cups...

Antique Pewter Spoons On Custom Stand, set includes a custom wooden stand, markings on the spoon suggest they are European possibly from the 17th ...

Antique Sterling silver John Polhamus 4 coffee spoons and a master salt spoon. Marked: JP PAT '74, STERLING. Monogrammed: Appears to be M or W. Coffee: 4 3/4". Salt: 3 11/16". To...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English cast sterling silver presentation spoon made by Alwyn Carr; an addition to our Arts and Crafts silverware...