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time of the Restoration, the bowl being pear-shaped, the handle 
round and embossed at the end. A new fashion was then intro¬ 
duced, which superseded the ancient form; the stem and handle 
became flat and broad at the extremity, which was divided by two 
clefts into three points, whilst the bowl was elongated into a 
regular oval. This form of spoon remained till the reign of 
George I., when the bowl was longer, and the extremity of the 
handle quite round, turned up at the end, and having a high sharp 
ridge down the middle. Towards the end of the reign of 
George II. the present fashion came into use. Some very fine 
examples of apostle spoons are extant; they continued to be made 
as late as 1665. 
A specimen of an apostle spoon in silver is in Mr. E. T 
Stevens’s Case L L, No. 163 ; No. 164 is an early example, 
dated 1620. 
147 to 190. Spoons of various periods, down to 1665 ; No. 147 
deposited by Mrs . Good ; No. 167 deposited by Mr. Dixon . 
191 to 199. Spoons of a later date, in use down to the time of 
George I. 
200. Pair of silver spoons, embossed on the handles with a 
figure of Cupid, period of George II., deposited by Mr. T. 
Leach . 
201. Chain used for attaching books to a desk, from Salisbury 
Cathedral, presented by Mr. Douglas Gordon . 
CASE B B. 
All the objects in this and the adjoining Case not otherwise indi¬ 
cated are part of the Brodie Collection. 
Knives. 
The specimens collected appear to range in date from the four¬ 
teenth to the seventeenth centuries. Many of these were doubtless 
for personal use, and carried in the girdle : there are others, how¬ 
ever, which seem to be the implements of curriers and cordwainers. 
Some are, no doubt, examples of the cutlery for which Salisbury 
was so long famous. 
Prior to the introduction of table knives for the use of guests, 
almost every one carried about his person a goodly blade, so that 
at home or abroad they might not lack this needful implement. It 
is still the custom of the Highlanders, when in full costume, to 
carry the skein-dhu in the garter. The knife continued to be worn 
at the side throughout the sixteenth century, and it was at this 
period, when some of the most costly and beautiful sheaths were in 
vogue, they participated largely in the elegant decoration which 
the artists of the Renaissance bestowed on objects designed for the 
commonest use. At the commencement of the seventeenth century, 
a sheath with a pair of knives seems to have been a common pre¬ 
sent to a bride elect, constituting a portion of her nuptial array. 
